Thanks all for this discussion, I really appreciate how folks are engaging. It's edifying.
I think we all know, at this point, that OSI is extremely limited in terms of organizational capacity. Our staff and board need to be laser focused with the use of our time in order to keep our programs humming along and address limiting factors so that we can do more in the future. As such, I don't think we can expect OSI to spend much of its staff time and monetary resources on something that is, ultimately, experimental and quite possibly outside the scope of its remit. However, there is a way that OSI can play a role in continuing to move the discussion forward, beyond just hosting these conversations on L-D: Incubator Projects and Working Groups <https://wiki.opensource.org/bin/Main/Open+Source+Initiative+Working+Groups/>. We've hosted working groups on all manner of subjects of interest to the broader open source community, including "Beyond Licensing," "FLOSS Entities," "Public Policy," and "Standards." These are formal, time-boxed* vehicles that community members are invited to fire up, with board approval. These vehicles get the benefit of our infrastructure and regular reports to the board. With an eye on seeing something actionable come out of all this, or at least seeing some of the stickier questions thoroughly explored and documented, and recognizing that some would like to see OSI play a leading role, I'd like to invite folks to put together a proposal <https://wiki.opensource.org/bin/Main/Open+Source+Initiative+Working+Groups/Working+Group+Initial+Proposal+Template/> . This message is by no means meant to chill or slow this discussion. Discussion here is valid and valuable. I just want to highlight what might be a meaningful next step. Thanks, Josh Josh Simmons (he/him), VP at Open Source Initiative (Tax ID 91-2037395) @joshsimmons <http://twitter.com/joshsimmons> | j...@opensource.org | 1-707-600-6098 | bluesomewhere on Freenode ad astra per aspera 🚀
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