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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..."

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

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

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  2. 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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  3. 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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  4. 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

  5. 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.

  6. 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.