From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID, MSGID_RANDY autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,33ec2881cc3ecf36 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: Ted Dennison Subject: Re: ada < - > java bindings wanted Date: 1999/08/20 Message-ID: <7pjovd$qo8$1@nnrp1.deja.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 515112023 References: <37BD0169.B49F73A5@acenet.com.au> <7pjm8u$on1$1@nnrp1.deja.com> X-Http-Proxy: 1.0 x30.deja.com:80 (Squid/1.1.22) for client 204.48.27.130 Organization: Deja.com - Share what you know. Learn what you don't. X-Article-Creation-Date: Fri Aug 20 14:33:17 1999 GMT X-MyDeja-Info: XMYDJUIDtedennison Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada X-Http-User-Agent: Mozilla/4.6 [en] (WinNT; I) Date: 1999-08-20T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article <7pjm8u$on1$1@nnrp1.deja.com>, Robert Dewar wrote: > In article <37BD0169.B49F73A5@acenet.com.au>, > Finally, are you sure your software is indeed open source? > Has your license been approved as a legitimate open source > license? Remember that the phrase open source is protected, > and you should only use this phrase if you are sure that > your license has been approved (another reason for using > one of the standard licensing vehicles). According to http://www.opensource.org/certification-mark.html, that's not quite true. "OpenSource" could not be trademarked, so the certification mark is "OSI Certified". Does the GMG enjoy this status? I wrote ESR on this subject once, but didn't get a response. But that was before the "OSI Certified" mark was set up, and of course he's a very busy individual. I don't think meerly reading the OpenSource definition ( http://www.opensource.org/osd.html ) is enough, as to my mind clause 9 disqualifies the GPL, yet it is listed as being approved ( http://www.opensource.org/certification-mark.html#approved-licenses ). Given the number of folks using the GMG, it would be nice to have it on the approved list. I'd be happy to put it up for approval, but if it is already pending or approved I don't want to waste anyone's time. Also given that changes may be requested and it is an ACT-created license, the folks at ACT may prefer to shepherd the submission. -- T.E.D. Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Share what you know. Learn what you don't.