On Fri, May 3, 2013 at 10:08 AM, Karl Fogel <[email protected]> wrote: > Prashant Shah <[email protected]> writes: >>I am submitting final draft for a software license called Akshar >>License for review on this list. >> >>https://github.com/octabrain/akshar/blob/master/LICENSE-1.0.txt >> >>https://raw.github.com/octabrain/akshar/master/LICENSE-1.0.txt >> >>Mainly it differs from Apache License 2.0 in sections 3 (patent grants >>to derivative works) and 4 (more relaxed terms) > > What is the motivation for this license? > > We generally very strongly discourage the creation of new open source > licenses. There are too many already, and each new license increases > the burden on developers and legal departments. There should be a > convincing reason why no existing license will even come close to > serving your purposes before you try creating a new license, IMHO.
And to be clear, we require you explain this convincing reason as part of the submission. Please review the approval rules: http://opensource.org/approval Thanks- Luis _______________________________________________ License-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://projects.opensource.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/license-discuss
