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

    Does First Post count on April 1?

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