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A rarely-mentioned but important aspect of OSI license approval is that it takes away the doubt about the software freedom status of software using the license and thus further lubricates collaboration. I explain in much more detail in my new article today at https://meshedinsights.com/2017/07/12/why-osi-license-approval-matters/