Hi Pete,
The OpenMap license was submitted to OSI a long time ago, but the
committee didn't like or understand one of the passages in the OM
license - I think it was the part where BBN has rights to Derivative
Works (item #3), which is intended to allow BBN to create something
that they see someone else make with the OpenMap code.
The OpenMap license was intended to be very similar to the Sun
Artistic License v2, but that wasn't written when the OM license was
written and approved by BBN legal.
I'm in favor of BBN modifying the license to be that Sun Artistic
License v2 simply to put user's minds at ease, and there are BBNers
that would be OK with the change (it's been discussed), but I don't
know if there's enough horsepower within BBN to get the legal
department to sign off on the change.
Cheers,
Don
On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 10:03 AM, Pete Flugstad <pete.flugstad_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> Has the OpenMap license actually been vetted by the OSI
> (http://opensource.org/) - I don't see it in their list of OSS
> licenses?
>
> Is there any chance that OpenMap would switch to one of the standard
> open source licenses, such as the LGPL, or EPL? Those seem to match
> the intent of the current license and are much more widely understood
> and accepted.
>
> Thanks,
> Pete
>
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