On Mon, Mar 30, 2020 at 11:52 AM McCoy Smith <mc...@lexpan.law> wrote: > > According to the OSI’s website, here is the author information on that > license: > > > > Originally written by Edwin A. Suominen for licensing his PRIVARIA secure > networking software (see www.privaria.org). The author, who is not an > attorney, places this license template into the public domain along with a > complete disclaimer of any warranty or responsibility for its content or > legal efficacy. You may use or modify the language freely, but entirely at > your own risk. > > > > Note that the dedication of the license to the public domain means that a 2.0 > version could be written by anyone. Although, if you’re going to deprecate > 1.0 in favor of that 2.0, you probably want to let the author know and have a > chance to respond and/or do the reve himself.
Assuming this is the same person https://github.com/edsuom it is interesting that his present-day code is apparently all released under the Apache License 2.0. Richard > > > > From: License-discuss <license-discuss-boun...@lists.opensource.org> On > Behalf Of Henrik Ingo > Sent: Monday, March 30, 2020 5:17 AM > To: license-discuss@lists.opensource.org > Subject: Re: [License-discuss] Thoughts on AAL and OSS vs FOSS > > > > > Do you think an updated AAL could comply with the OSD? > > > > I personally think so. I expect the next step in this process would be for > someone to find the original author of the AAL to discuss this option. > > > > henrik > > > > _______________________________________________ > The opinions expressed in this email are those of the sender and not > necessarily those of the Open Source Initiative. Official statements by the > Open Source Initiative will be sent from an opensource.org email address. > > License-discuss mailing list > License-discuss@lists.opensource.org > http://lists.opensource.org/mailman/listinfo/license-discuss_lists.opensource.org _______________________________________________ The opinions expressed in this email are those of the sender and not necessarily those of the Open Source Initiative. Official statements by the Open Source Initiative will be sent from an opensource.org email address. License-discuss mailing list License-discuss@lists.opensource.org http://lists.opensource.org/mailman/listinfo/license-discuss_lists.opensource.org
