Are there actually significant distinctions between the Free Software Foundation (FSF) and the Open Source Initiative (OSI) in terms of the licenses they approve?
As I’ve not seen anyone do a satisfactory page about this I felt it was time I tried to tackle the topic. At this point I won't claim it to be "comprehensive" but I hope at least it makes a good enough start.
Much as I don't like when people post here on Dev with just a link to the whole article being somewhere else, I also don't want to maintain two copies while I might still be making minor corrections.
So with that apology here is a link to the full article:
There are certainly other things to cover, presumably in a later posting. At the least, an updated and thorough listing from both organisations and cross-match would seem a next step. Also I suspect there are licenses that either organisation has judged, about which the other has given no public opinion.
Oh, and to not tease, in short my finding was that: there are not significant distinctions between the FSF and OSI approvals.
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