Discussion on OSI approved license

[platipodium]

Why do we exclude non-OSI licenses. I can buy a piece of software and reuse it. I can buy a closed-source piece of software and reuse it by implementing its documented APIs

[platipodium]

Actually, it needs a license that explicitly clarifies

• how to use a model
• how to re-use a model

[garypolhill]

In my opinion, you can either do science, or you can develop closed-source software, not both. Ideally your open-source software would have open-source dependencies, but that is too much to ask in some cases.

[platipodium]

I agree with you, personally. Still, there are codes that we're reusing where we cannot change the license anymore, there are open source matlab codes using closed-source packages and frameworks, there are open source but not OSI-approved licensed codes ....

[platipodium]

n my opinion, you can either do science, or you can develop closed-source software, not both.

Yep. Most software is closed source because the authors did not spend time to clean up their mess.