Intel Requests OSI to Pull OS License

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..."

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Re:Reader request OSTG to pull /. posting license

[thedustbustr]

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

Re:Reader request OSTG to pull /. posting license

[timonak]

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

Seriously, though..

[Polycom Sucks]

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.