On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 4:22 PM, Rick Moen <r...@linuxmafia.com> wrote: > >> And who does OSI suggest that any of us listen to on an important FOSS >> combination/project like this one?
Are you suggesting OSI should give legal advice, Larry? :) The advice I have given clients in the past is to listen to the copyright holders. However, in cases where there is a large diversity of copyright holders for some reason (e.g., Linux kernel, many major web rendering engines), or where the exact set of copyright holders is not known (e.g., you're setting organization-wide policy for an unknown set of future projects) then treat the license author as a proxy for the views of the copyright holders, as some fraction of the copyright holders will likely follow the interpretation of the license authors. Obviously this is a fact-specific issue, though; consult with your own lawyer. :) Luis _______________________________________________ License-discuss mailing list License-discuss@opensource.org http://projects.opensource.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/license-discuss
