Re: [License-discuss] The alphabetical list
On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 11:19:17PM +0200, Henrik Ingo wrote: > On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 11:10 PM, Luis Villa wrote: > > Heard loud and clear re usefulness of the alphabetical list; it will > > not go away. > > > > I'm surprised by that, so (in a different thread) I'd welcome more > > detail on what people use it for. > > User story: > > Henrik needs to look up (or link to) the Acme Corporation Public > License. He goes to opensource.org, and clicks on "Open Source > Licenses". Since he knows the name of the license he wants to look up, > he clicks on "Licenses by Name". He then presses Ctrl+F to search for > the wanted license within the alphabetical list. This is generally why I've found the alphabetical list useful too. It's good for looking up the relatively obscure OSI-certified licenses which happen to have some official name; such licenses are often more difficult to find elsewhere. - Richard > > This is pretty much the only way I personally ever look up a license. > > henrik > > -- > [email protected] > +358-40-8211286 skype: henrik.ingo irc: hingo > www.openlife.cc > > My LinkedIn profile: http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=9522559 > ___ > License-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://projects.opensource.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/license-discuss ___ License-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://projects.opensource.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/license-discuss
Re: [License-discuss] The alphabetical list
Ah, OK- this makes sense. I tend to just hit Google first to answer this question, but it is obviously a valid and sensible use case. Thanks for clarifying for me. On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 1:49 PM, Tzeng, Nigel H. wrote: > Same. I used it this way today when I was curious if the Code Project > Open License was OSI approved. It's not but is on the osrc top 20 list - I > dunno if that is a bug or a feature...I assume there is some weird history > given that the OSI is "below the fold" on their resource page and grouped > with SPDX (who?). > > Arguably if you are going to Ctrl-F the page the other list works better > since the retired licenses exist on that page and not the alphabetical > one. I tend to scan the page visually since the list isn't all that long. > > On 11/12/12 4:19 PM, "Henrik Ingo" wrote: > >>On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 11:10 PM, Luis Villa wrote: >>> Heard loud and clear re usefulness of the alphabetical list; it will >>> not go away. >>> >>> I'm surprised by that, so (in a different thread) I'd welcome more >>> detail on what people use it for. >> >>User story: >> >>Henrik needs to look up (or link to) the Acme Corporation Public >>License. He goes to opensource.org, and clicks on "Open Source >>Licenses". Since he knows the name of the license he wants to look up, >>he clicks on "Licenses by Name". He then presses Ctrl+F to search for >>the wanted license within the alphabetical list. >> >>This is pretty much the only way I personally ever look up a license. >> >>henrik >> >>-- >>[email protected] >>+358-40-8211286 skype: henrik.ingo irc: hingo >>www.openlife.cc >> >>My LinkedIn profile: http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=9522559 >>___ >>License-discuss mailing list >>[email protected] >>http://projects.opensource.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/license-discuss > > ___ > License-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://projects.opensource.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/license-discuss ___ License-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://projects.opensource.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/license-discuss
Re: [License-discuss] The alphabetical list
Same. I used it this way today when I was curious if the Code Project Open License was OSI approved. It's not but is on the osrc top 20 list - I dunno if that is a bug or a feature...I assume there is some weird history given that the OSI is "below the fold" on their resource page and grouped with SPDX (who?). Arguably if you are going to Ctrl-F the page the other list works better since the retired licenses exist on that page and not the alphabetical one. I tend to scan the page visually since the list isn't all that long. On 11/12/12 4:19 PM, "Henrik Ingo" wrote: >On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 11:10 PM, Luis Villa wrote: >> Heard loud and clear re usefulness of the alphabetical list; it will >> not go away. >> >> I'm surprised by that, so (in a different thread) I'd welcome more >> detail on what people use it for. > >User story: > >Henrik needs to look up (or link to) the Acme Corporation Public >License. He goes to opensource.org, and clicks on "Open Source >Licenses". Since he knows the name of the license he wants to look up, >he clicks on "Licenses by Name". He then presses Ctrl+F to search for >the wanted license within the alphabetical list. > >This is pretty much the only way I personally ever look up a license. > >henrik > >-- >[email protected] >+358-40-8211286 skype: henrik.ingo irc: hingo >www.openlife.cc > >My LinkedIn profile: http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=9522559 >___ >License-discuss mailing list >[email protected] >http://projects.opensource.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/license-discuss ___ License-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://projects.opensource.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/license-discuss
[License-discuss] The alphabetical list
On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 11:10 PM, Luis Villa wrote: > Heard loud and clear re usefulness of the alphabetical list; it will > not go away. > > I'm surprised by that, so (in a different thread) I'd welcome more > detail on what people use it for. User story: Henrik needs to look up (or link to) the Acme Corporation Public License. He goes to opensource.org, and clicks on "Open Source Licenses". Since he knows the name of the license he wants to look up, he clicks on "Licenses by Name". He then presses Ctrl+F to search for the wanted license within the alphabetical list. This is pretty much the only way I personally ever look up a license. henrik -- [email protected] +358-40-8211286 skype: henrik.ingo irc: hingo www.openlife.cc My LinkedIn profile: http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=9522559 ___ License-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://projects.opensource.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/license-discuss
