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yzydserd on Nov 23, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Ooh.directory

DMOZ had an interesting license, as I recall

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Directory_License

https://web.archive.org/web/20070813215202/http://www.dmoz.o...

"The Free Software Foundation describes the ODL as a non-free license"

But your point is a good one and well taken.

zozbot234 on Nov 23, 2022 [–]

It was relicensed as CC-BY in 2011, however. AIUI, the ODL even predates CC.

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