" ... enterprise Wiki maker Socialtext ... "

Sounds pretty Web 2.0 to me. Surely you mean 'badgerware'?

Shirley you mean badgerbadgerbadgerware?

Displaying a logo once, on a splash screen, is different from the sort of badgeware liscence which has "traditionally" been objected to, which has required it on every UI page...

Badger Badger Badger Badger

Badger Badger Badger Badger

MUSHROOOM!! MUSHROOOM!!!

Would that make OSI the snake? ;)

I'm not sure I agree with the OSI's move here, they've created a rather neat hole for the old BSD style license to get OSI approval; even when such licenses are a known mistake because the cost too much in the end.

I'd rather see these CRM sites use aGPL http://www.gnu.org/press/2002-03-19-Affero.html all other open source web services and technical infrastructure should be too. because otherwise they are right, the site runners have no obligation to release patches or other improvements to the code.

I think the only answer for this is for a new license that is ASL/BSD like, apart from when linked to badgeware where that badgeware software must also show my logo all over their pages.

Mark Proctor

JBoss Drools Lead

http://blog.athico.com

PJ's Groklaw article sheds more light on this, its not quite the victory badgeware people claimed. Its far more watered down than what these people where trying to push.

http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20070726075823167

Mark