The Open Software License, Version 3.0

Posted Aug 31, 2005 22:37 UTC (Wed) by sanjoy (guest, #5026)
In reply to: The Open Software License, Version 3.0 by Wol
Parent article: The Open Software License, Version 3.0

> "That's a damn neat way of doing things"

Then you'll be unhappy that the latest draft of the OSL 3.0
has taken out the new attribution sentence. You're still required
to preserve attribution notices in the source code, though, as
in the OSL 2.1.

I think the OSL is an excellent license. Debian probably thinks
it's nonfree due to the external deployment or patent-defense
clauses (and maybe even the 'express assent' clause) -- both of which I like (I'm not sure about the express-assent clause). But
that just means I think Debian's test for being free is too
strict. The OSL, unlike almost every other free software license,
works equally well for documents as for software, so you can
license your entire free-software package with one license, or you
can use it for textbooks (what I will use it for).