[I've moderated this list for the moment to respect the time of list subscribers. Please send any followup not related to the substance of this license to license-discuss.]
[I would also remind everyone in this thread that we have a code of conduct: http://opensource.org/codeofconduct/licensing There is at least one clear-cut case of violation in this thread (not Chris!) and others are flirting with the line. Apologies are always an appropriate cure.] On Tue, May 7, 2013 at 9:57 PM, Chris Jones <[email protected]> wrote: > I have to admit, I am very disappointed with the reaction that we have > received from the Open Source Initiative upon submission of our new license. Hi, Chris- It is unfortunate that you're disappointed. As others here have discussed, we have long-set rules that licenses/license submissions must meet. These rules reflect both the values of our movement and ~ 15 years of practical experience implementing those values. Folks here politely and clearly pointed out where your license and the required supplementary materials came up short. It would have been helpful if they'd pointed directly to the sections of the Open Source Definition that you violated, but regardless, their criticisms are accurate and reflect our rules. While I feel that we already make pretty clear what these rules are to anyone submitting to the list, in an attempt to make sure that future license submitters cannot be surprised, I've done a few things today: - Edited the license-review list description to further emphasize that submissions must meet our requirements, and to link to the requirements rather than just naming them (top of http://projects.opensource.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/license-review ) - Edited the approval rules to make more clear exactly what must be submitted to the list (step #6 of http://opensource.org/approval). I also made two small substantive changes: - We've never actually required submitters to read the OSD. I always thought that was implicit; I've now made it explicit (step #1 of http://opensource.org/approval) - We've allowed people to link to licenses, rather than paste them into the email submission. I've changed that, though presumably we would not have rejected a submission that was otherwise correct (second bullet point of step #6 of http://opensource.org/approval) Also, in the future, I will try to moderate out submissions that do not meet these requirements. I hope that helps things going forward. Thanks- Luis > As at this stage, I am unsure whether I will allow my Organization to > modify the license to allow commercial sale of software using The > Freedom Transfer License (FTL). That is simply not what we set out to > do. And the Open Source Initiative seems unwilling to be reasonable in > response to this. > > Paradise Software has the full backing and support of a fellow licensing > organization. We will continue to take under consideration any other > necessary changes to the license for the review process to > commence/continue with the Open Source Initiative. But at this current > stage, it seems the Open Source Initiative is unwilling to support and > co-operate with a new license submission and we consider the license > submission rejected. > > > Regards > > Chris Jones > > > -- > -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.13 (GNU/Linux) > > mQENBFF7bwcBCADREEkM0EcEvY6Zt3Zot5RWk5+a6qMZzj6Qf8tZnG2mjyb/NrOa > ujQhakpkmUj2Cpf04jacEKnjxO5Bk6794QPoSelHAkLFol9XRO6j+94tp+21mrGL > GRHppU8LGGCTrllIJOmKdx2dmqIfYKoRcLs/gA1z0ZrNNz+J3OrcWfDWfVz0eWg6 > TeXn4PBAQYr8Ci1fF9/vwxeSQx3PGzJjlzKXsbx/etjICDVVkUAxYkEPbazV1LGx > gwDlhCT5YWQQXdESIbUkQFAbCyglM/HkMNEm23AI/z4PhgjdHBCg8LeQTEUiO+a+ > b1ypRMZRpn/je96/PE1ZP5TxaEhaimL+OA+dABEBAAG0JENocmlzIEpvbmVzIDxj > aHJpc2pvbmVzQHNwaW4ubmV0LmF1PokBPgQTAQIAKAUCUXtvBwIbAwUJACdPGQYL > CQgHAwIGFQgCCQoLBBYCAwECHgECF4AACgkQxifpw+rbaJQQBwf+M+arauGqAtkA > LP3Duk0FdDZ3cIbKST3oQd10eACdkH7fQibvtVadkiCeC7CbozSI50o+Snk8/Azd > 5V32LkmzUcUEGrnx3B9oZlWMSKZFz5y1rN0YiplQwc4KLq1cSYOZFpVHUZ/ivcJn > k+p+cuLWQrNUI5kiFV+x6lOKIkKgmMrmuKxbwYskPPtE1DIJ7Qh8H/N9aTJ34KAD > +O4dMwDlA2dYDoQYmyCMcly6W6NdPQmww1XX5qmY+obokScIJE5mYUyiFz0kiN6C > NsosjMsUxbrNEPjAfzyU5Y+LqffYJzgyTjlORRqldZU6IDhsmtyDBoshGQFAEm6W > dRQOrNYx6A== > =FJFi > -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- > > _______________________________________________ > License-review mailing list > [email protected] > http://projects.opensource.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/license-review _______________________________________________ License-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://projects.opensource.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/license-discuss
