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Does Open Source Licensing Matter?
Aug 9, 2007, 16 :30 UTC (3 Talkback[s]) (4928 reads)

(Other stories by Sean Michael Kerner)

"At the heart of many open source debates is the issue of licensing. Is one license better than the other? Is a particular open license actually open source? In the final analysis, according to a panel at LinuxWorld, it may not matter at all.

"The real debate may well be around who is the final arbiter of what is technically referred to as open source and what is not. The Open Source Initiative (OSI) has been the body that determines what is or isn't Open Source and it's a group that fell under harsh criticism by panel member John Roberts CEO of SugarCRM..."

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It's not OSI approval that matters,  ...   Yes.   
Charles Hixson
Aug 9, 2007, 19:10:44
 
> "To the extent that you can trust OSI, ...   Re: Yes.   
Danijel Orsolic
Aug 9, 2007, 21:11:32
 
The license matters a lot. GPLv2 is the  ...   Yes, it matters   
philc
Aug 10, 2007, 01:45:31
 
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