“The Open Source Initiative has begun an effort to pare down the
number of open-source licenses in widespread use.“The OSI, a group that bestows official open-source status on
licenses, will promote a small number of licenses as preferred
options, according to a position paper it adopted on Wednesday. The
group hasn’t yet decided which of the more than 50 licenses it’s so
far approved will get the status…”
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