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Screw code forking ...
We've got something even better now - LICENCE FORKING! This licence is a fork of that licence is a fork of this other licence ... Pretty soon there are going to be geneologists trying to figure out licences instead of lawyers!

OSI needs to get their act together and NOT approve 'forked' licences. Either figure out a way to get people to agree to common changes to existing licences as needs arise (IE: Ask Mozilla to incorporate Sun's changes for this reason or that ... or have Moz go to Sun and say, "What's the deal? Just use the existing licence.")

The article hit one thing dead on - continuing to approve almost any licence thrown it's way will make them a joke organization ... kind of like the UN became when it bared no teeth to the US ignoring it and doing it's own thing in Afghanistan/Iraq. Who can take the UN seriously now? No point if whatever they say/do is meaningless.
Posted by: Henaway   Posted on: 02/16/05 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Screw code forking ...  Henaway | 02/16/05
What about Creative Commons?  A.Sinic | 02/16/05
Licenses we don't need no Forking licenses...  bob@... | 02/16/05
...And a good web page that explains...  The King's Servant | 02/16/05
"Open Source is a TIME BOMB"  aaronbaker | 02/16/05
Ummm...  doe_z | 02/16/05
That is when they  osreinstall | 02/16/05
Linux Bigger Than Microsoft?  mustangj36@... | 02/16/05
Noooo!  mbrierley | 02/19/05
Why not?  Anti_Zealot | 02/19/05
Ooooo  mbrierley | 09/29/05
clueless people can use a computer?  yu_forum@... | 05/25/07
Authors can use whatever they want  GreatInca | 02/16/05
Above anything else, open source has one  bjbrock | 02/16/05
PULEASE, since when does one exclude the other?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/16/05
Gotta agree..  widge_z | 02/16/05
Careful, agreeing with me in this forum can be dangerous.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/16/05
Dear Troskyite  osreinstall | 02/16/05
Two sides of the issue.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/16/05
From each according to his abilities to each according to his greed (nt)  bob@... | 02/16/05
That illustrates the difference between open source and free source  Michael Kelly | 02/16/05
I'd rather be confused about Licensing..  Xunil_Sierutuf | 02/16/05
Come back when actually have a thought worth contributing.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/18/05
Welcome to the real world . . .  CobraA1 | 02/16/05
don't miss the obvious  wessonjoe | 02/17/05
doing ad-infinitum  yu_forum@... | 05/25/07

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