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Intel Requests OSI to Pull OS License

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the taking-their-toys-and-going-home dept.

BoomZilla writes "Intel has asked to have its name removed from a list of open source licenses promoted by the Open Source Initiative (OSI). In an e-mail to the OSI this week, McCoy Smith, senior intellectual property attorney at Intel, asked to have the "Intel Open Source License" (also known as "BSD License with Export Notice") taken off the list of licenses approved by OSI and that can be used in future projects. Intel had found that the license hadn't been used inside of Intel for about five years and that there were only a handful of places outside the Santa Clara, Calif.-based company that used it as well. OSI has been debating ways of consolidating its list of nearly 60 approved permits - nice that Intel is helping the process along..."

16 comments

  1. Reader request OSTG to pull /. posting license by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    For the love of God.

    1. Re:Reader request OSTG to pull /. posting license by thedustbustr · · Score: 2, Informative

      um, I think this one is real, guys...

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    2. Re:Reader request OSTG to pull /. posting license by timonak · · Score: 2, Informative

      This one is indeed real. http://news.com.com/Intel+to+stop+using+open-sourc e+license/2100-7344_3-5648518.html

  2. In other news... by nsasch · · Score: 2, Funny

    SCO won the court case against some person who apparently owns Linux.

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  3. I don't get this joke. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Cat got your tongue? (something important seems to be missing from your comment ... like the body or the subject!)

  4. The only real news today is a dupe. by sharkb8 · · Score: 1

    and the hits just keep on coming.

  5. Serious Question by Shadow+Wrought · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Does First Post count on April 1?

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    1. Re:Serious Question by joey_knisch · · Score: 1

      Does First Post count on April 1?

      No... On April 1st it is the last post.

  6. April Fools again! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Guess that open up a slot for another commercial OSI license from Sun?

  7. wow... by yoblin · · Score: 1

    a real story?!

  8. Prince License by k4_pacific · · Score: 3, Funny

    From TFA:

    OSI reports that Intel has asked that's its name be removed from a list of open source licenses. They would like it to be replaced with an unpronounceable symbol that resembles a network of CPU registers. The license will henceforth be referred to as the License Formerly Known As the Intel Public License.

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  9. Hahaha! by The-Bus · · Score: 1

    April... Wait.

    What?!?

    Screw it.

    I don't even care.

    I'll check real news sites tomorrow to see if this was true.

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  10. Mis-information campaign by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    how do we know whats a joke and what is not??
    for a news site, this kind of credibility hurts your readers all jokes aside...

    i mean some we spot, some we wonder... some we just look other places... i guess

    1. Re:Mis-information campaign by aurelian · · Score: 2, Insightful
      how do we know whats a joke and what is not??

      This story is too dull to be a joke.

    2. Re:Mis-information campaign by sepluv · · Score: 1

      You're new here. Right?

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  11. Seriously, though.. by Polycom+Sucks · · Score: 2, Informative

    The actual article is dated March 31, not April 1.

    If you read into it, it says:

    "We're not pulling the plug on the license altogether, we're just asking OSI to de-emphasize this license as part of their list," Smith told internetnews.com.

    It isn't like projects using this license will just disappear overnight. Most likely, we won't see any new projects using this license, though.