“I (Don’t) Want” Doesn’t Mean “I (Don’t) Get”

“Last week I wrote that even if Microsoft’s Ms-PL or Ms-CL
licenses are found to meet the 10 criteria of the Open Source
Definition, does not necessarily mean that they will be approved by
the Open Source Initiative’s licensing board.

“The shorthand for that could have been ”I want’ doesn’t mean
‘I get’.’ A similar phrase could be applied in the light of some of
the responses to Microsoft’s intention to submit its licenses to
the OSI…”

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