Open Vendor is the license steward for the Open Vendor Public License(OVPL) and Open Vendor Lesser Public License(OVLPL). These licenses were created specifically to help bridge the gap between traditional Open Source licenses and the needs of commercial vendors. To learn more visit the web site openvendor.org

During 2005 Open Vendor attempted to gain the support of the Open Source Initiative(OSI) to have the OVPL and OVLPL made standard OSI licenses. After eight months of deliberations the OSI decided that the licenses did not conform to the Open Source Definition that they have defined. The Open Vendor project is now finished and no longer pursued.