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Provide OSI approval information on license details / summaries #827
Description
Would it be helpful to add some type of metadata or OSI stamp to the licenses? The list of licenses from https://spdx.org/licenses/ or https://opensource.org/licenses/alphabetical have columns to provide each license some means of showing it was OSI Approved. This is a helpful piece of information when looking at a license.
Quick mockups:
It seems that the trademark allows for noncommercial/community websites to use it.
Note: Could additionally do a similar badge or other metadata for the FSF license list which is also on many lists as a column.
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mlinksva commentedon Apr 23, 2021
It's an interesting idea. We already have tests looking for OSI (or FSF, or OK) approval; this info could be moved into license metadata (which would itself be tested) and thus rendered. I'd probably suggest text rather than logos.
Andre601 commentedon May 21, 2021
Maybe a simple SVG logo with hover text could also do the trick? I don't see any real appeal in some text saying stuff like "OSI approved"
Aspie96 commentedon Jun 13, 2021
I do not think it is necessary and it would suggest a bias in favour of OSI approval (over, for instance, FSF approval).
If it is added, I think a similar information must also be provided for FSF approval (and possibly GPLv3 compatibility).
Tarekchehahde commentedon Jul 11, 2026
Opened #1366 — approvals.yml generator and OSI/FSF/OD badges.