Thanks Bruce. If you could add your comment on the wiki, that would be
very helpful. We're trying to have just one feedback channel for comments.
Pam
Pamela Chestek
Chair, License Committee
Open Source Initiative
On 1/26/2023 10:09 PM, Bruce Perens via License-discuss wrote:
> The license does not have terms that structurally put the licensor
in a more favored position than any licensee.
Please use "must". Does is like "shall". This is one of a zillion
references on why not to use "shall":
https://www.isba.org/barnews/2009/11/25/must-vs-shall
On Thu, Jan 26, 2023 at 6:12 PM Pamela Chestek
<pamela.ches...@opensource.org> wrote:
Hi all,
The OSI has now posted the recommendations of the License Review
Working
Group. The blog post is at
https://blog.opensource.org/the-license-review-working-group-asks-for-community-input-on-its-recommendations/,
with a wiki version available for comments.
https://wiki.opensource.org/bin/Working%20Groups%20%26%20Incubator%20Projects/License%20Review/#
Comments will be open on the wiki for four months to allow adequate
time. The OSI will also have a session in the Legal and Policy Issues
Dev Room at FOSDEM,
https://fosdem.org/2023/schedule/event/license_review/
Looking forward to all of your comments and insight.
Pamela Chestek
Chair, License Committee
Open Source Initiative
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