I am in communication with IBM to find out more information about the Common Public License version 0.5. I know that the IBM Public License is approved by OSI as an Open Source license. Is the Common Public License that IBM is using for at least one of its OSS projects, under consideration as an Open Source approved license as well? Here are a couple of relevant links: http://oss.software.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/license-cpl.html - text of the Common Public License http://www.opensource.org/licenses/ibmpl.html - text of the IBM Public License Through a check of the archives of this list, I learned that the CPL is simply the IPL with all references to IBM removed. I also noticed that IBM infers the CPL is approved by the OSI as well (http://oss.software.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/index.html - see top two lines of text), However, I didn't see it on the list at www.opensource.org. Is the website simply in need of updating? Any insight you can provide would be greatly appreciated - mainly, why do you think IBM would use the CPL instead of the IPL for one of its own projects? Please note that this is research for a story about SBLIM, a new open source project just released by IBM, that falls under the CPL. I am seeking quotes for publication. Thanks Tina Gasperson editor/reporter newsforge.com