Simon Phipps <webm...@opensource.org> writes: > [Moving this thread to license-discuss as it is not about a specific > license] > > On Wed, Feb 6, 2019 at 10:40 PM Richard Fontana < > richard.font...@opensource.org> wrote: > >> >> I lean towards disagreeing with this; I think that the business model of >> the license submitter can be a material consideration when assessing >> whether the proposed license meets the OSD and would guarantee software >> freedom. >> > > Just the submitter's business model, or the business models of any possible > user of the license?
I guess "submitter's business model" is too broad, and really we're talking about the "drafter" case right? So how about considering "the part of the drafter's business model to which the license will be applied"? This seems to offer insight as to how the license drafter expects the license to function. Could be especially useful for deciding how to read any ambiguities. The process should still consider other possible interpretations of the ambiguities, but it seems likely that the interpretations of the license author will carry weight, and the business model is an embodiment of those interpretations. -john -- John Sullivan | Executive Director, Free Software Foundation GPG Key: A462 6CBA FF37 6039 D2D7 5544 97BA 9CE7 61A0 963B https://status.fsf.org/johns | https://fsf.org/blogs/RSS Do you use free software? Donate to join the FSF and support freedom at <https://my.fsf.org/join>. _______________________________________________ License-discuss mailing list License-discuss@lists.opensource.org http://lists.opensource.org/mailman/listinfo/license-discuss_lists.opensource.org
