Simon Phipps: Why we still need OSI

ChiefMonkeyGrinder writes: In response to a comment on yesterday's blog, Simon Phipps writes about the old rivalry between Free Software Foundation and the Open Source Initiative (OSI). "I have been (and in plenty of ways still am) a critic of OSI, as well as a firm supporter and advocate of the FSF. I believe OSI should be a member organisation with a representative leadership. ... But the OSI still plays a very important and relevant role in the world of software freedom." For instance: Licence approvals have become a much more onerous process, with the emphasis on avoiding creation of new licences, updating old or flawed ones and encouraging the retirement of redundant ones. It would be great to see the stewards of some of the (in retrospect) incorrectly approved licences ask for their retirement.