Dave Crossland | 1 Sep 13:08
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Re: Open Software Service Definition

2008/9/1 Thorsten Glaser <tg@...>:
> Dave Crossland dixit:
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>>the combined licenses list is an unambiguous way of
>>describing what is and is not FOSS.
>
> This is wrong: FOSS is much more than the licences whose submitters'
> noses are pleasant to the OSI.

While I am no fan of the OSI, I think it is fair to say that they are
very influential and most people refer to FOSS as OS.

>>By using boolean AND
>
> I don't disagree with the AND, I disagree with the OSI.

I think its important to be inclusive instead of divisive, while
maintaining a strong position on freedom.

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Dave

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