Re: Drop DFSG in favour of OSD?
Hi,
>>"Jim" == Jim Pick <jim@jimpick.com> writes:
Jim> Wouldn't it make more sense if we no longer refer to our licensing
Jim> guidelines as the Debian Free Software Guidelines (DFSG), and instead
Jim> choose to call them the "Open Source Definition" (OSD)? They are the
Jim> same thing - and it would be a bit less confusing if there was only
Jim> one name.
Yup, and they could have continued to call it the DFSG
too. They choose to distance themselves from Debian. I see no reason
to switch. Morever, there is no guarantee that the two documents may
not diverge in the future. Lots of commercial concerns are weighing
in with the Open Source people; who knows what influences may be
brought to bear?
There. FUD. I like it ;-)
manoj
irritated that the DFSG was not just quoted, but copied and renamed.
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