On Thu, Dec 06, 2012 at 02:04:04PM +0100, Mirko Boehm wrote:
Hi,
at the Microsoft presentation at the summit of newthinking I took a note to check the conditions under which the OData standard (the OASIS open data standard proposal, heavily industry influence) is licensed. Turns out it is the "Microsoft open specification promise" found here: http://www.microsoft.com/openspecifications/en/us/programs/osp/default.aspx
Was there already an analysis of how these terms align with our understanding of what an open standard is? And if not, is this something where we should communicate actively?
The following text discusses, that this "promise" is not sufficient to rely on for Free Software: https://www.softwarefreedom.org/resources/2008/osp-gpl.html