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    I think there is something bizarre of the second example you mention, the Artistic License. Interestingly, the OSI has approved that license, and hasn't revoked its approval after reading the quote that you linked. I find that interesting. Commented Sep 17, 2015 at 21:58
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    The Monthy Python sketch in video, and its transcript. It even have a wikipedia entry. Commented Oct 18, 2017 at 1:33
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    @Zizouz212: Re the Artistic License: I strongly suspect it's a combination of several factors: 1) For historical reasons (read: because Perl), the AL was commonly used in a significant chunk of the open source community, and it would be politically difficult to retroactively declare their work non-open. 2) The license is superseded, and the AL 2.0 is unproblematic. 3) I don't think there's a lot of new software getting licensed under AL 1.0, so there's less need to revoke it. Commented Aug 12, 2019 at 4:19