Christine Hall on Nostr: npub1ps6wl…swupp npub1n702f…2qpfe If there are 17.5 million open source licenses, ...

npub1ps6wlycjrnus5xjg697zeqrdvew5l5gep58ddmxz29hwjw99k6rswswupp (npub1ps6…wupp) npub1n702fwc8fhzsuff296qxsywjpxw2g84x5j7dahk9utjgthage7pqd2qpfe (npub1n70…qpfe) If there are 17.5 million open source licenses, each with different rules about what you can and cannot do with the code, that makes it difficult for devs to determine whether their use case is compatible with that particular license. That's one of the reason why OSI discourages a proliferation of open source licenses, and suggests that devs find a license that already exists. Also, out of 17.5 million licenses, few will be approved by OSI, which really makes them fauxpen, not open.