Hi all, License-Discuss mailing list topics for January 2020:
- Dual Licensing - Copyright on APIs - Decision process regarding license review submissions - AGPL evaluation and real-world license testing - ZFS Kernel Code on Linux *Dual Licensing * https://lists.opensource.org/pipermail/license-discuss_lists.opensource.org/2020-January/021191.html Centralizing copyright licensing and not centralizing copyrights themselves https://lists.opensource.org/pipermail/license-discuss_lists.opensource.org/2020-January/021192.html Single entity open source business model https://lists.opensource.org/pipermail/license-discuss_lists.opensource.org/2020-January/021204.html *Copyright on APIs* https://lists.opensource.org/pipermail/license-discuss_lists.opensource.org/2020-January/021193.html Doubt on article assumptions due to machine-readable interface description in the source code https://lists.opensource.org/pipermail/license-discuss_lists.opensource.org/2020-January/021194.html *Decision process regarding license review submissions* https://lists.opensource.org/pipermail/license-discuss_lists.opensource.org/2020-January/021195.html Suggestion to postpone OSI evaluation of new licenses until after some time of practical use https://lists.opensource.org/pipermail/license-discuss_lists.opensource.org/2020-January/021199.html The role of the OSI and defining norms https://lists.opensource.org/pipermail/license-discuss_lists.opensource.org/2020-January/021201.html Writing down all rules would be divisive and further enable bad actors https://lists.opensource.org/pipermail/license-discuss_lists.opensource.org/2020-January/021207.html Postponing evaluation means ignoring and that the current OSI certification process is fine and shouldn’t be changed because of one license being reviewed. Introduce retiring licenses or have a category of "open source but not recommended." https://lists.opensource.org/pipermail/license-discuss_lists.opensource.org/2020-January/021203.html It is undesirable to have the OSI determine which licenses are better than others https://lists.opensource.org/pipermail/license-discuss_lists.opensource.org/2020-January/021208.html Concern with interim naming of a license while it is in use but before OSI evaluation https://lists.opensource.org/pipermail/license-discuss_lists.opensource.org/2020-January/021212.html *AGPL evaluation and real-world license testing* https://lists.opensource.org/pipermail/license-discuss_lists.opensource.org/2020-January/021197.html Copyleft-next is engaging in a public drafting process https://lists.opensource.org/pipermail/license-discuss_lists.opensource.org/2020-January/021198.html *ZFS Kernel Code on Linux* https://lists.opensource.org/pipermail/license-discuss_lists.opensource.org/2020-January/021215.html
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