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Re: open source or free software?




On 31/08/14 09:35, Mason Loring Bliss wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 31, 2014 at 08:40:16AM +0200, Daniel Pocock wrote:
> 
>> What I'm really getting at is how do we explain it concisely to new people
>> and boost recognition of genuine free software. I didn't say "ban this or
>> ban that", I was just pointing out that many people are using their own
>> definition of open source.
> 
> So, to that end, are there any examples of folks calling something "open
> source" and that thing using something other than an OSI-approved license? I

See the example in my original email.  The license in question (the
Crockford license[1]) is one of many licenses that are not OSI approved.



1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Crockford#.22Good.2C_not_Evil.22


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