Development of Creative Commons licenses

[drew Roberts <zotz AT 100jamz.com>]

On Wednesday 02 February 2005 05:48 pm, J.B. Nicholson-Owens wrote:
> drew Roberts wrote:
> > I remember when the idea for using the term Open Source was first
> > bandied about publically. Seems to me one of the thoughts put forward
> > was that Open Source was in effect just a marketing ploy for Free
> > Software aimed at getting it adopted for other reasons by those put
> > off by the talk of freedom.
>
> That is exactly how the OSI advertises their activity today -- they say
> "The Open Source Initiative is a marketing program for free software."
> in their FAQ.
>
> But the OSI gives their imprimatur to some licenses that the Free
> Software Foundation (the older organization that defines "free software"
> and decides which licenses are free software licenses) doesn't.  So, the
> OSI is not merely marketing free software.  The OSI is pursuing a
> different philosophy which has some practical differences with software
> freedom.
>
I have no reason to argue this. I am concerned with Free Software. The GPL is 
my preferred license. That's how I like to operate. I don't particularly like 
the term "Open Source" and I tend not to use it except when I slip up.

all the best,

drew