[GRASS5] grass && open source

Russell_Nelson · September 5, 2002, 3:08pm

Grass uses the GPL. The GPL is an OSI-approved license. That means
that the Grass webpage can use the OSI certification mark. To whom do
I lobby for this action?

http://opensource.org/docs/certification_mark.html

Bernhard_Reiter · September 6, 2002, 10:17am

Basically me and Markus.

I know that the GNU GPL is OSI approved.
And you know that this license comes out of the Free Software community
and especially the FSF. We should give them credit first.

On Thu, Sep 05, 2002 at 11:08:14AM -0400, Russell Nelson wrote:

Grass uses the GPL. The GPL is an OSI-approved license. That means
that the Grass webpage can use the OSI certification mark. To whom do
I lobby for this action?

http://opensource.org/docs/certification_mark.html

Russell_Nelson · September 6, 2002, 2:03pm

Bernhard Reiter writes:
> Basically me and Markus.
>
> I know that the GNU GPL is OSI approved.
> And you know that this license comes out of the Free Software community
> and especially the FSF. We should give them credit first.

Did I suggest removing anything about the FSF?

> On Thu, Sep 05, 2002 at 11:08:14AM -0400, Russell Nelson wrote:
> > Grass uses the GPL. The GPL is an OSI-approved license. That means
> > that the Grass webpage can use the OSI certification mark. To whom do
> > I lobby for this action?
> >
> > http://opensource.org/docs/certification_mark.html

Bernhard_Reiter · September 6, 2002, 2:34pm

On Fri, Sep 06, 2002 at 10:03:05AM -0400, Russell Nelson wrote:

Bernhard Reiter writes:
> Basically me and Markus.
>
> I know that the GNU GPL is OSI approved.
> And you know that this license comes out of the Free Software community
> and especially the FSF. We should give them credit first.

Did I suggest removing anything about the FSF?

No, but the change in pratice worked out so that
Free Software community was not directly mentioned anymore.

The main pages of GRASS reflect that some people call Free Software
"Open Source". We can consider to mention the trademark and the
certification there in the future.

Russell_Nelson · September 6, 2002, 2:52pm

Bernhard Reiter writes:
> The main pages of GRASS reflect that some people call Free Software
> "Open Source". We can consider to mention the trademark and the
> certification there in the future.

That would be great, thanks!