Re: [sundaram@fedoraproject.org: Re: [fab] [Fwd: What is the mkisofs license?]]

[Thomas Woerner <twoerner redhat com>]

> From: Rahul <sundaram fedoraproject org>
> Subject: Re: [fab] [Fwd: What is the mkisofs license?]
> To: fedora-advisory-board redhat com
> Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 21:45:22 +0530
>
> Bill Nottingham wrote:
> > I suspect the number of users/developers that would migrate due
> > to the 'fully FSF free' addition over just 'fully open source' would
> > be minimal at best - the biggest bang is going the 'fully open source'
> > route.
>
> If it's just a issue of popularity, we might just agree with ESR . 
> Anyway it is better to know what we would lose in terms of packages or 
> other issues rather than talking about it abstractly.
>
> Lets run the analysis and get the results. openmotif for example isnt 
> even a open source license
>
> http://www.opengroup.org/openmotif/faq.html


Please have a look at the openmotif license. I do not think, that this 
is really a problem:

--- excerpt ---
2. GRANT OF RIGHTS
The rights granted under this license are limited solely to distribution 
and sublicensing of the Contribution(s) on, with, or for operating 
systems which are themselves Open Source programs. Contact The Open 
Group for a license allowing distribution and sublicensing of the 
Original Program on, with, or for operating systems which are not Open 
Source programs.
--- excerpt ---

Thomas