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07-26-2007, 08:01 AM	#1
LXer LXer NewsBot Registered: Dec 2005 Posts: 128,364 Rep:	LXer: OSI approves 'badgeware' license Published at LXer: The Open Source Initiative (OSI) shocked the world today by approving a "badgeware" style license. Members of the OSI board, speaking here at OSCON, announced that Socialtext's Common Public Attribution License (CPAL) received its blessing this morning. The license proves similar to non-OSI approved badgeware or attribution licenses used by numerous open source companies. Some leaders of the OSI have been attacking companies such as Sugar CRM and CentricCRM for claiming to be "open source" companies despite relying on the unapproved attribution licenses. Read More...

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