[od-discuss] OKD questions from 2010

Fri Feb 15 16:55:17 UTC 2013

On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 9:50 AM, Rufus Pollock <rufus.pollock at okfn.org> wrote:
> On 14 February 2013 16:31, Luis Villa <luis at tieguy.org> wrote:
>> Sorry for lag, I've been on vacation.
>>
>> On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 6:59 PM, Mike Linksvayer <ml at gondwanaland.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> (one word change highlighted)
>>>
>>> I do think reaching out to OSI again for feedback would make sense
>>> before releasing a new OKD version, but I'll leave guidance on that to
>>> Luis Villa.
>>
>> This is the first I've heard about it :) I'm happy to raise the issue
>> with the board and with the licensing mailing lists. [I'm a board
>> member and chair of the relevant committee, so I make sense to be the
>> conduit- no need to go to Simon.]
>>
>> I'm not sure it makes sense for OSI to "adopt" OKD, as OSI doesn't (in
>> my experience) have any mechanism or reason to *apply* the OKD, which
>> (to me) is implied by adoption.
>
> I think "adopt" is a misnomer. I think a better term might be
> "endorse" or "recommend" in the context of data and content ...
>
>> But perhaps something like a formal endorsement ("OSI supports and
>> endorses use of the OKD when evaluating the openness of data...") and
>> a link from the OSI website? Other suggestions about what adoption
>> might mean/imply welcome, of course.
>
> That seems a pretty good suggestion for what this would concretely mean :-)

For what it is worth, I have begun this discussion with the OSI board.
Despite that, any further suggestions about what an endorsement might
mean are still welcome :)

Luis