Clash of the Open Standards

Rollie Hawk writes "Open Source Initiative (OSI) and Computer Associates (CA) may agree that some housework is needed with open source licensing, but they may not be able to reconcile their views on the best solution. CA has a couple of possible solutions in mind for its proposed Template License. This license will likely be based on either Sun's Common Development and Distribution License (CDDL) its own Trusted Open Source License. OSI, which does not favor corporate-centered licensing, opposes such moves on a number of grounds. Specifically, they point out that CDDL is not GPL-compatible. While acknowledging the problems with license proliferation, OSI prefers a solution involving stricter criteria (including that approved licenses must me non-duplicative, clear and understandable, and reusable) and is proposing a "three-tier system in which licenses are classified as preferred, approved or deprecated." While there is no legal requirement for any open-source license to be approved by OSI, it is currently common practice for developers to get their license blessing from it."

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[Anonymous Coward]

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STATE OF THE UNION..

[Anonymous Coward]

I don't know what it is but the quality of slashdot has serverly dropped over the past few years... There is SO MANY DUPES now a days it's ridiculous. Even editors removing DUPES just to CYA (cough cough ZONK) show's a lack of integrity. I think it's time for this site to be dissovled and a new site come in it's place... I am afraid that the days of slashdot are OVER. It's time to begin anew....

Re:The great thing about standards...

[grasshoppa]

Hi bill.

Re:Who cares what CA thinks?

[PenguinBoyDave]

Ah...I was waiting for the obligatory CA basher. Thank you...I was waiting for someone to show their ignorance.