On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 10:19 PM, Luis Villa <l...@tieguy.org> wrote: > A comment on the ISC license page (found by Engel- thanks!) points out > that there is more than one variation of the ISC license. This is a > common issue for the older permissive licenses, unfortunately. > > Driven by this question, I think we might want a FAQ entry that > answers the following question: > > Q: "I know about a variant of an approved license that differs from > the approved license by only one or two words. Is the variant also an > approved license?" > > A: Something along the lines of: "Many older licenses have a variety > of minor variations in the language. Unfortunately, it is not possible > for OSI to review every variation, so we cannot say if a given > variation is approved."
After the inconclusive thread on this issue a few months ago, I've created a FAQ entry along these lines: ----------- Is a license an Open Source license if it is just a few words different from a license listed on your web site? Many older licenses, such as the BSD license, have several variations that differ only by a few words or sentences. Unfortunately, it is not possible for OSI to approve every variation, so we cannot say if a specific variation is approved. Where possible, please avoid using these variants, and instead use the same version used on the OSI website. ---------- I remain open to suggestions to improve the answer, with the exception that I'm not interested in an answer that suggests that each of these should be submitted individually to OSI. I do remain open to discussing how to improve the situation by systematically analyzing the most common/popular variants if Gerv, Daniel, or others want to discuss that. Thanks- Luis _______________________________________________ License-discuss mailing list License-discuss@opensource.org http://projects.opensource.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/license-discuss