Thank you for clarifying your position and suggesting a course of action, I'll take both into consideration going forward.
On Thursday, 8 August 2019 21:57:05 CEST Smith, McCoy wrote: > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: License-discuss > >>[mailto:license-discuss-boun...@lists.opensource.org] On Behalf Of Moritz > >>Maxeiner Sent: Thursday, August 8, 2019 12:45 PM > >>To: license-discuss@lists.opensource.org > >>Subject: Re: [License-discuss] For Public Comment: The Libre Source > >>License > >> > >>If I have misunderstood the ML's purpose, I apologize. > > IMHO the mailing list is for discussing issues with existing OSI approved > licenses, or other issues relevant to interpreting them. It could serve as > a place to pre-discuss licenses to be later submitted (which is what you > are trying to do). I'm not sure its purpose is to get you free advice on > license drafting by lawyers (although such advice is sometimes provided, > within reason, on mailing list discussions, but usually between lawyers). > Maybe other lawyers on the list would like to do so, but I wouldn't count > on it. > > If I were you, I'd instead do the following: > Outline the gaps you are seeing in existing OSI approved licenses vs what > your goals are. Explain how you'd like to fill those gaps, not via license > language, but by discussing the concepts. See how people respond as to: > whether there are indeed the gaps you see, and whether your goals could be > met by an OSD-conformant license. > > After that, I'm afraid, you'd likely need to hire a lawyer, if you want a > license that meets your goals, meets the OSD, and is drafted according to > good legal standards. > > Other posters may differ; just my opinion. > > > _______________________________________________ > License-discuss mailing list > License-discuss@lists.opensource.org > http://lists.opensource.org/mailman/listinfo/license-discuss_lists.opensourc > e.org _______________________________________________ License-discuss mailing list License-discuss@lists.opensource.org http://lists.opensource.org/mailman/listinfo/license-discuss_lists.opensource.org
