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Report of License Proliferation Committee and draft FAQ

The purpose of this document is to report on the efforts and recommendations of the License Proliferation committee of the...

July 31, 2006 Page
Common Public Attribution License Version 1.0

1. “Definitions” 1.0.1 “Commercial Use” means distribution or otherwise making the Covered Code available to a third party. 1.1 “Contributor”...

July 27, 2007 License
Open Source Licenses by Category

License Index License Approval Process License Information Origins and definitions of categories from the License Proliferation Committee report In the...

September 19, 2006 Page
OSI’s Comments to the White House Office of Management and Budget Regarding the “Federal Source Code Policy”

*Note: The following comments were submitted to the White House Office of Management and Budget, regarding the "Federal Source Code...

April 18, 2016 Post
The License Review process

The OSI License Review Process ensures that licenses and software labeled as “Open Source” conform to existing community norms and...

July 24, 2006 Page
2023 in review: many reasons to celebrate

The year of 2023 was a busy one for the Open Source Initiative (OSI), as we celebrated the 25th Anniversary...

December 13, 2023 Post
Mozilla Public License 1.1

This license has been superseded by the Mozilla Public License 2.0; please use the MPL 2.0 instead of 1.1 1....

October 31, 2006 License
December 2018 License-Discuss List Summary

I've been asked to provide monthly summaries of the license-review and license-discuss mailing lists. The summaries will also be posted...

January 7, 2019 Post
CERN Open Hardware Licence Version 2 – Permissive

Preamble CERN has developed this licence to promote collaboration among hardware designers and to provide a legal tool which supports...

January 28, 2021 License
Episode 4: transcript

“DGW: Some people just want to download the software and make porn with it. And if they don't know how...

September 6, 2022 Post
Peru answers MS FUD

Peruvian Congressman refutes Microsoft's "Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt" (F.U.D.) concerning free and open source software. Update Sept. 28/05: Peru has...

July 16, 2009 Page
CUA Office Public License

(The CUA Office Project has ceased to use or recommend this license) 1. Definitions. 1.0.1. "Commercial Use" means distribution or...

October 31, 2006 License