Re: [License-discuss] a Free Island Public License?

2011-12-19 Thread Jim Jagielski
On Dec 16, 2011, at 2:53 PM, Stephie King wrote: This definitely conflicts with the GPL, and may not qualify as open source. One does not lead to the other... ___ License-discuss mailing list License-discuss@opensource.org

[License-discuss] Greetings, Earthlings! Need quotes for article

2011-12-19 Thread Robin 'Roblimo' Miller
Tentative title: Are 69 Open Source Licenses Enough? My questions: Do we really need that many open source licenses? Is there any way to consolidate some of them, which would make life simpler for a whole lot of people? Or does each one of these licenses serve an essential purpose for someone

Re: [License-discuss] Greetings, Earthlings! Need quotes for article

2011-12-19 Thread Jeremy C. Reed
On Mon, 19 Dec 2011, Robin 'Roblimo' Miller wrote: Tentative title: Are 69 Open Source Licenses Enough? 69 is way too few. In my little research of just around 600 man pages I found over 100 different licenses -- mostly due to slight wording changes. My questions: Do we really need that

Re: [License-discuss] Greetings, Earthlings! Need quotes for article

2011-12-19 Thread Tom Callaway
On 12/19/2011 10:42 AM, Jeremy C. Reed wrote: 69 is way too few. In my little research of just around 600 man pages I found over 100 different licenses -- mostly due to slight wording changes. Fedora is tracking 300+ different FOSS licenses. ~tom == Fedora Project

Re: [License-discuss] Greetings, Earthlings! Need quotes for article

2011-12-19 Thread Richard Fontana
On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 11:57:04AM -0500, Tom Callaway wrote: On 12/19/2011 10:42 AM, Jeremy C. Reed wrote: 69 is way too few. In my little research of just around 600 man pages I found over 100 different licenses -- mostly due to slight wording changes. Fedora is tracking 300+

Re: [License-discuss] Greetings, Earthlings! Need quotes for article

2011-12-19 Thread Robin 'Roblimo' Miller
On 12/19/2011 11:57 AM, Tom Callaway wrote: Fedora is tracking 300+ different FOSS licenses. I got my list here: http://www.opensource.org/licenses/alphabetical A note: this is not an article with a slant. I'm asking questions, and your answers (hopefully by private email, hint hint, or by

Re: [License-discuss] a Free Island Public License?

2011-12-19 Thread Rod Dixon
Wow! I must add that I do not think I would have seen a comment like this posted by Bruce Perens 10 years ago. Of course, I completely agree with the sentiment. Rod Dixon Sent from my iPhone On Dec 16, 2011, at 6:24 PM, Bruce Perens br...@perens.com wrote: OSI should deny certification