Re: Open Software License version 1.0

What is "Open software"? Maybe a more specific name should be used... So "open software license" can be applied to other than software. Then why is it called a software license? GPL can be applied to other things too, see the WebGPL. Should the OSI stay out of the license publishing game? OS

Open Software License version 1.0

Attached for your review is version 1.0 of the Open Software License (OSL). I am submitting the OSL to Open Source Initiative for its approval. The OSL is intended to serve the same functions as the GPL except that it is a contract, and to be interpreted under contract law, rather than a copyr

Re: discuss: WGPL (WebGPL)

I think the GPL itself would be fine for web pages, as long as you make it clear that your page content is source code as far as you're concerned. You can do that by putting the GPL's license notice in a comment block. But the trouble there, I guess, is that GPL's idea of linkage doesn't mesh wi