Re: [License-discuss] Request for clarification: OSI approved GPLV2 SPDX identifiers

2024-08-09 Thread Richard Fontana
On Fri, Aug 9, 2024 at 12:29 PM Erwan LE-RAY - foss wrote: > > Hello, > > > I would like to get clarification on OSI approved GPLV2 SPDX identifiers. > > OSI website (https://opensource.org/licenses?ls=GPL-2) indicates that only > GPL-2.0 is approved by OSI (GPL2.0+, GPL2.0-only and GPL2.0-or-lat

Re: [License-discuss] Request for feedback: public specification licensing

2024-07-11 Thread Richard Fontana
On Tue, Jul 9, 2024 at 8:29 AM Nathan Willis via License-discuss wrote: > And those factors would need to interact predictably with a specification > document that is free to read, implement, and share ... but the specification > should not be forked or modified (since that would defeat the pur

Re: [License-discuss] What's wrong with the AGPL?

2024-06-16 Thread Richard Fontana
On Thu, Jun 13, 2024 at 6:30 PM Dirk Riehle wrote: > > If I believe various representatives (on Twitter and > elsewhere) of companies like AWS, they believe they can use AGPL > licensed code and the copyleft effect is wholly contained/doesn't affect > their tech stack at all. Those who pushed sour

Re: [License-discuss] MIT-CMU license for Python Pillow

2024-06-13 Thread Richard Fontana
On Thu, Jun 13, 2024 at 12:41 PM Jeffrey Clark wrote: > > Hello OSI folks, > > Would it be possible to add the legacy "MIT-CMU" license to the OSI approved > licenses list so Python Pillow (Python Imaging Library fork) project can > update its license to MIT-CMU, which we now consider "more corr

Re: [License-discuss] Open Source license question

2024-04-11 Thread Richard Fontana
On Thu, Apr 11, 2024 at 10:57 AM Chris B wrote: > But in the meantime, I want to hear why some other OSS licensed projects have > Terms, e.g. VSCode is MIT licensed and has terms: > https://code.visualstudio.com/license If I'm not mistaken, in that case (perhaps less than all?) the source code

Re: [License-discuss] Query on "delayed open source" licensing

2023-10-26 Thread Richard Fontana
On Wed, Oct 25, 2023 at 9:44 PM Seth David Schoen wrote: > > Hi license-discuss members, > > I'm working on a research project with Open Tech Strategies and the Open > Source Initiative, on the topic of delayed open source licensing. > > This refers to licensing models where a project is initially

Re: [License-discuss] License pages cleanup project underway - status update

2023-08-22 Thread Richard Fontana
This looks like great work. Thank you Giulia! Would the OSI consider maintaining the new metadata publicly (maybe in github.com/opensourceorg/licenses)? Richard On Mon, Aug 21, 2023 at 5:53 PM Stefano Maffulli wrote: > > Hello folks, > > It occurred to me that I didn't announce the completion o

Re: [License-discuss] License pages cleanup project underway

2023-04-04 Thread Richard Fontana
On Tue, Apr 4, 2023 at 11:17 PM Stefano Maffulli wrote: > We can't find the archives (if they exist) of board discussions where > licenses were formally approved, if such proof of approval existed in the > first place. > > Does anyone have a recollection of how the board approved and kept reco

Re: [License-discuss] License pages cleanup project underway

2023-04-03 Thread Richard Fontana
On Mon, Apr 3, 2023 at 6:13 AM Giulia Dellanoce wrote: > > Good morning everybody and thank you Stefano for such a nice introduction. > Being quite a neophyte to the world of open source software licenses, I am > getting more and more interested in the subject as I am moving forward with > the p

Re: [License-discuss] in opposition of 'choice of law' provisions in FOSS licenses

2022-12-13 Thread Richard Fontana
On Tue, Dec 13, 2022 at 1:51 PM Bradley M. Kuhn wrote: > Fontana answered this morning (here on license-discuss): > Probably the most significant one historically is MPL 1.1 and its > ancestors (California) > > Ugh, I'd forgotten that, but of course glad it's fixed! Was there anything

Re: [License-discuss] [License-review] in opposition of 'choice of law' provisions in FOSS licenses (was: For Approval: Open Logistics License v1.2)

2022-12-13 Thread Richard Fontana
(moving this reply to license-discuss) On Tue, Dec 13, 2022 at 11:41 AM Bradley M. Kuhn wrote: > > Eric Schultz wrote: > > We already have a number of approved licenses with a choice of law clauses. > > First, is there an approved license that chooses a *specific*, *named* > jurisdiction? (There

Re: [License-discuss] License of open source licenses (the legal texts)?

2021-08-31 Thread Richard Fontana
On Tue, Aug 31, 2021 at 5:36 AM Dirk RIEHLE wrote: > > Hello everyone, > > I was trying to track down the license of the Apache 2.0 license (the legal > text). The best I could find was this > > https://www.apache.org/foundation/license-faq.html#mod-license > > On the OSI website there is also no

Re: [License-discuss] Google v. Oracle

2021-04-30 Thread Richard Fontana
On Fri, Apr 30, 2021 at 1:10 PM Pamela Chestek wrote: > > The patent claim also dropped very quickly out of the case at very early > stages - I think there may have been one published opinion about the patent > claims but it wasn't significant IIRC. > > I'm not sure what you mean by "check the c

Re: [License-discuss] [License-review] Please rename "Free Public License-1.0.0" to 0BSD... again.

2021-04-05 Thread Richard Fontana
On Mon, Apr 5, 2021 at 9:22 AM Rob Landley wrote: > > In 2018 OSI held a vote to rename 0BSD (not dual-name it): > > http://lists.opensource.org/pipermail/license-review_lists.opensource.org/2018-November/003830.html > > The license both shipped in Android M and was approved as Zero Clause BSD by

Re: [License-discuss] Improvement to the License-Review Process

2020-08-26 Thread Richard Fontana
On Wed, Aug 26, 2020 at 12:07 PM Josh Berkus wrote: > > On 8/25/20 1:51 PM, Andrew DeMarsh wrote: > > Demonstrate that at least x projects, which are not related to each > > other, either currently use the license, or will utilise it, if the > > license is accepted as being "Open Source". Whilst "

Re: [License-discuss] What does "appropriate standing" in the review process mean?

2020-05-15 Thread Richard Fontana
On Fri, May 15, 2020 at 5:38 PM Tobie Langel wrote: > > In the section titled For Legacy Approval, replace: > > > By: License Steward or Interested Licensee > > with: > > > Have appropriate standing: License Steward or Interested Licensee Could this be simplified to: "Has appropriate standing: A

Re: [License-discuss] What does "appropriate standing" in the review process mean?

2020-05-15 Thread Richard Fontana
On Fri, May 15, 2020 at 10:28 AM Tobie Langel wrote: > > Hi folks, > > The license review process[1] states that you need to have "appropriate > standing" to submit a license review request. > > What does that term mean and where is it defined? > > Could we either define it on the same page or re

Re: [License-discuss] Licenses for commercial products

2020-05-01 Thread Richard Fontana
On Fri, May 1, 2020 at 7:27 AM Anton Shepelev wrote: > > Hello, all > > May I ask a question in this mailing list about the interpretation > of a license for a commercial product? Although it would be > patently off-topic, I don't know of another place where one may > seek help of people conversta

Re: [License-discuss] Certifying MIT-0

2020-04-22 Thread Richard Fontana
On Wed, Apr 22, 2020 at 9:48 PM Tobie Langel wrote: > > Hi all, > > The MIT-0 license[1] is an MIT license with the attribution clause removed. > It has notably been used to license example and scaffolding code. > > It doesn’t look that it has been approved by the OSI. I couldn’t find it on > th

Re: [License-discuss] Certifying MIT-0

2020-04-22 Thread Richard Fontana
@lists.opensource.org > http://lists.opensource.org/mailman/listinfo/license-discuss_lists.opensource.org -- Richard Fontana Senior Commercial Counsel Red Hat, Inc. +1 212 689-4350 (mobile) ___ The opinions expressed in this email are those of the sender

Re: [License-discuss] Generic process for removing approved licenses. Re: REMOVE AAL from list of approved licenses

2020-03-31 Thread Richard Fontana
On Tue, Mar 31, 2020 at 9:43 PM Pamela Chestek wrote: > > I understand the concept of decertifying or removing, but I am very > confused by the use of the term "deprecate." The current category of > licenses are: > > Popular and widely-used or with strong communities > International > Special purp

Re: [License-discuss] CPAL 1.0 License | Badge-ware | Clarification

2020-03-31 Thread Richard Fontana
On Tue, Mar 31, 2020 at 11:44 AM McCoy Smith wrote: > > FSF’s definition of what is a free software license includes badgeware > licenses (because such licenses still meet the 4 software freedoms), but they > also do not recommend use of badgeware licenses. See the comment on the > 4-clause BS

Re: [License-discuss] Thoughts on AAL and OSS vs FOSS

2020-03-31 Thread Richard Fontana
On Tue, Mar 31, 2020 at 9:08 AM Syed Arsalan Hussain Shah wrote: > > The alternative license besides AAL could be the CAL1.0 that has been > approved recently. > > > You must retain all licensing, authorship, or attribution notices contained > > in the Source Code (the “Notices”), and provide al

Re: [License-discuss] Thoughts on AAL and OSS vs FOSS

2020-03-30 Thread Richard Fontana
On Mon, Mar 30, 2020 at 11:52 AM McCoy Smith 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 > a

Re: [License-discuss] Generic process for removing approved licenses. Re: REMOVE AAL from list of approved licenses

2020-03-29 Thread Richard Fontana
On Sun, Mar 29, 2020 at 2:08 PM Henrik Ingo wrote: > >> Since none of our current problem licenses are (3), maybe we could skip >> that criterion? It seems too subjective to actually employ. Here's my >> suggested criteria based on yours: >> >> 1. license does not in fact conform to the OSD (was

Re: [License-discuss] REMOVE AAL from list of approved licenses

2020-03-26 Thread Richard Fontana
stantially more burdensome in practice than the BSD advertising requirement which only kicks in if you generate "advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software" and thus is likely to remain theoretical in most cases. Richard On Thu, Mar 26, 2020 at 10:06 PM Richard Fo

Re: [License-discuss] REMOVE AAL from list of approved licenses

2020-03-26 Thread Richard Fontana
On Thu, Mar 26, 2020 at 5:18 PM Josh Berkus wrote: > > All, > > A submitter to License-Review just pointed out that we actually approved > this license back in 2002: > > https://opensource.org/licenses/AAL > > There is absolutely no question that the AAL would not meet our license > requirements t

Re: [License-discuss] Strong non-discriminatory licensing

2020-03-16 Thread Richard Fontana
> > > > > > > > ___ > > License-discuss mailing list > > License-discuss@lists.opensource.org > > http://lists.opensource.org/mailman/listinfo/license-discuss_lists.opensource.org > > ___

Re: [License-discuss] Thoughts on the subject of ethical licenses

2020-03-10 Thread Richard Fontana
On Tue, Mar 10, 2020 at 11:21 AM Florian Weimer wrote: > > * Coraline Ada Ehmke: > > > Can you provide an example of an ethical source license that is > > based on a controversial social or political line? > > Not sure if I understand the question correctly, but: > > Some proponents of the GPL cit

Re: [License-discuss] Columbia S&T Law Review analysis of the OSI license-discuss mailing list

2020-02-29 Thread Richard Fontana
conclusions, despite a lack of consensus > finding which I do accept, but it’s a fascinating read regardless. It’s also > a particularly interesting use of the license-discuss mailing list. Van Lindberg wrote an article in response: http://stlr.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/03/Lindberg-1.pdf

Re: [License-discuss] [Non-DoD Source] Re: Resources to discourage governments from bespoke licenses?

2020-02-29 Thread Richard Fontana
On Fri, Feb 28, 2020 at 6:03 PM McCoy Smith wrote: > > Looks like you're referring to Bryan Guerts (a NASA lawyer), who submitted > NOSA 2.0 (not 3.0) on June 13, 2013: > https://lists.opensource.org/pipermail/license-review_lists.opensource.org/2013-June/001944.html > As far as I can tell, ther

Re: [License-discuss] [Non-DoD Source] Re: Resources to discourage governments from bespoke licenses?

2020-02-29 Thread Richard Fontana
On Fri, Feb 28, 2020 at 5:25 PM McCoy Smith wrote: > > >>-Original Message- > >>From: Karan, Cem F CIV USARMY CCDC ARL (USA) > >>Sent: Friday, February 28, 2020 12:39 PM > >>To: mc...@lexpan.law; license-discuss@lists.opensource.org > >>Subject: RE: [License-discuss] [Non-DoD Source] Re:

Re: [License-discuss] "Fairness" vs. mission objectives

2020-02-25 Thread Richard Fontana
On Tue, Feb 25, 2020 at 2:18 PM VanL wrote: > On the flip side, I think there should be an affirmative effort to certify > licenses - such as those identified via the SPDX project - even without > affirmative submission. Most of them will not be controversial. We want to > reach a world in whi

Re: [License-discuss] Ethical open source licensing - Persona non Grata Preamble

2020-02-25 Thread Richard Fontana
> * List the names of organizations who are unwelcome but don't explain why. > On Fri, Feb 21, 2020 at 3:04 PM Richard Fontana wrote: > > A license that has a preamble that singles out a particular > > individual, or organization, or even a specifically-described group, >

Re: [License-discuss] Ethical open source licensing - Persona non Grata Preamble

2020-02-25 Thread Richard Fontana
On Tue, Feb 25, 2020 at 7:13 AM Eric Schultz wrote: > On Fri, Feb 21, 2020 at 9:20 AM VanL wrote: > > I also think that it is troubling that forced inclusion of the preamble was > > essentially forcing speech on those who may not agree. > In regards to forced speech, I think this is an alread

Re: [License-discuss] "Fairness" vs. mission objectives

2020-02-25 Thread Richard Fontana
On Mon, Feb 24, 2020 at 1:09 PM Simon Phipps wrote: > What I'd propose here is that we explore a process for deprecation of > licenses by someone other than the license steward. Maybe it would start > with a substantiated request endorsed by several regular list members, and > then follow the

Re: [License-discuss] Ethical open source licensing - Persona non Grata Preamble

2020-02-24 Thread Richard Fontana
On Mon, Feb 24, 2020 at 4:06 AM Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > > On Fri, Feb 21, 2020 at 11:26:25AM -0800, Brian Behlendorf wrote: [...] > > One more practical and probably negative impact: it will always be > > easier to add new names than to remove old ones, because adding new > > names is a simple

Re: [License-discuss] Ethical open source licensing - Persona non Grata Preamble

2020-02-22 Thread Richard Fontana
On Sat, Feb 22, 2020 at 2:59 PM Rick Moen wrote: > The crowning irony of that incident was soon to follow: None of the > badgeware firms (nor, as far as I can tell, anyone else) actually used > CPAL. Its most (or only) notable contemporary use may be by Mulesoft for the "community edition" of i

Re: [License-discuss] Ethical open source licensing - Persona non Grata Preamble

2020-02-21 Thread Richard Fontana
is a pretty bad idea, at least for preambles that take the "aggressive" approach, which I assume would attract the most interest. Richard -- Richard Fontana He / Him / His Senior Commercial Counsel Red Hat, Inc. ___ License-discuss mailing list License-discuss@lists.opensource.org http://lists.opensource.org/mailman/listinfo/license-discuss_lists.opensource.org

Re: [License-discuss] [License-review] For approval: The Cryptographic Autonomy License (Beta 4)

2020-01-04 Thread Richard Fontana
(Moved to license-discuss) On Thu, Jan 2, 2020 at 7:53 AM Simon Phipps wrote: > > > On Thu, Jan 2, 2020 at 3:38 AM Richard Fontana wrote: >> >> >> It matters whether proprietary relicensing is the primary use case for >> at least a couple of reasons. First,

Re: [License-discuss] [License-review] For approval: The Cryptographic Autonomy License (Beta 4)

2020-01-04 Thread Richard Fontana
(Moved to license-discuss) On Thu, Jan 2, 2020 at 5:06 PM VanL wrote: > Is one takeaway here that people should start by ignoring the OSI process > and just start using the license? Maybe. Not ignoring, but postponing. The handful or so of the first licenses recognized by the OSI as 'open so

Re: [License-discuss] Becoming Public Domain After X Years

2019-11-23 Thread Richard Fontana
On Sat, Nov 23, 2019 at 10:55 AM Martin L via License-discuss wrote: > > Hi all, > > I was wondering if anyone had links/knowledge about licenses which, > after X amount of time (say, 10 years), release the code into the public > domain? copyleft-next (https://github.com/copyleft-next/copyleft-n

Re: [License-discuss] Fact-gathering on OSI-approved licenses

2019-08-22 Thread Richard Fontana
On Thu, Aug 22, 2019 at 1:25 PM Bruce Perens via License-discuss wrote: > > Pam, > > I am actually more interested in the licenses that OSI has historically > rejected, and the reasons given when this has been archived. I agree, even though attempting to gather that information would be much mor

Re: [License-discuss] Discussion: AGPL and Open Source Definition conflict

2019-08-14 Thread Richard Fontana
On Wed, Aug 14, 2019 at 11:08 AM Howard Chu wrote: > > Richard Fontana wrote: > > On Wed, Aug 14, 2019 at 10:25 AM Howard Chu wrote: > >> > > I think what you're saying is that, assuming your interpretation of > > AGPL (including but not limited to secti

Re: [License-discuss] Discussion: AGPL and Open Source Definition conflict

2019-08-14 Thread Richard Fontana
On Wed, Aug 14, 2019 at 11:51 AM Smith, McCoy wrote: > Interestingly, I didn’t see AGPLv3 in any of the License Committee reports of > that era. And I couldn’t see, through the Wayback Machine, that AGPLv1 ever > got on the OSI list (although I haven’t done a comprehensive search of those > a

Re: [License-discuss] Discussion: AGPL and Open Source Definition conflict

2019-08-14 Thread Richard Fontana
On Wed, Aug 14, 2019 at 10:25 AM Howard Chu wrote: > > Richard Fontana wrote: > > On Wed, Aug 14, 2019 at 9:27 AM Howard Chu wrote: > >> > >> Clause #10 of the definition https://opensource.org/docs/osd > >> > >> 10. License Must Be Technology-Neut

Re: [License-discuss] Discussion: AGPL and Open Source Definition conflict

2019-08-14 Thread Richard Fontana
On Wed, Aug 14, 2019 at 9:27 AM Howard Chu wrote: > > Clause #10 of the definition https://opensource.org/docs/osd > > 10. License Must Be Technology-Neutral > > No provision of the license may be predicated on any individual technology or > style of interface. > > I note that the Affero GPL http

Re: [License-discuss] For Discussion: Cryptographic Autonomy License (CAL) Beta 2

2019-08-13 Thread Richard Fontana
On Thu, Aug 8, 2019 at 5:19 PM VanL wrote: > 5. Scope of copyleft. > > > - Beta 2 has been reworked to focus on the transfer of "licenseable" parts of > the Work. This limits the application to what can be properly reached by a > license, regardless of what the scope of copyleft turns out to be

Re: [License-discuss] Blue Oak Model License 1.0.0

2019-07-29 Thread Richard Fontana
On Mon, Jul 29, 2019 at 1:44 PM Smith, McCoy wrote: > > >>-Original Message- > >>From: License-discuss [mailto:license-discuss-boun...@lists.opensource.org] > >>On Behalf Of Thorsten Glaser > >>Sent: Monday, July 29, 2019 10:37 AM > >>To: license-discuss@lists.opensource.org > >>Subject:

Re: [License-discuss] Copyright on APIs

2019-07-02 Thread Richard Fontana
On Tue, Jul 2, 2019 at 2:38 PM VanL wrote: > > > > On Tue, Jul 2, 2019 at 1:32 PM Richard Fontana wrote: >> >> On Tue, Jul 2, 2019 at 2:19 PM VanL wrote: >> >> > On Tue, Jul 2, 2019 at 1:05 PM Richard Fontana wrote: >> >> >> >> I b

Re: [License-discuss] Copyright on APIs

2019-07-02 Thread Richard Fontana
On Tue, Jul 2, 2019 at 2:19 PM VanL wrote: > On Tue, Jul 2, 2019 at 1:05 PM Richard Fontana wrote: >> >> I believe one could reasonably argue that a reimplementation of an API >> (necessarily copying the supposed expressive elements of the API) does >> not fit this d

Re: [License-discuss] Copyright on APIs

2019-07-02 Thread Richard Fontana
On Tue, Jul 2, 2019 at 1:41 PM Bruce Perens via License-discuss wrote > > On Tue, Jul 2, 2019 at 10:32 AM VanL wrote: >> >> Let's assume for a moment that 1) APIs are copyrightable, and 2) I have an >> "expressive" API (for whatever value of "expressive" you choose). If I write >> a reimplement

Re: [License-discuss] Copyright on APIs

2019-07-02 Thread Richard Fontana
On Tue, Jul 2, 2019 at 12:53 PM Pamela Chestek wrote: > > On 7/2/2019 11:25 AM, VanL wrote: > Van, I agree with everything you say. But that doesn't answer the same > question as "is it open source"? Add to that the interesting possibility that > currently-existing licenses will now reach beyon

Re: [License-discuss] Evolving the License Review process for OSI

2019-06-03 Thread Richard Fontana
On Mon, Jun 3, 2019 at 11:32 AM Smith, McCoy wrote: > > [...] might there also be room for a "grandfathered, non-OSD compliant, new > works using this license are not Open Source" category? > > I'd be interested in volunteering if there ever were a committee to review > the current list to iden

Re: [License-discuss] [License-review] Evolving the License Review process for OSI

2019-06-02 Thread Richard Fontana
On Fri, May 31, 2019 at 7:47 PM Luis Villa wrote: > > From the updated https://opensource.org/approval: > "the OSI determines that the license ... guarantees software freedom." > > I still have seen no coherent explanation of what software freedom means in > the OSI context. Richard has asserted

Re: [License-discuss] [License-review] Evolving the License Review process for OSI

2019-06-02 Thread Richard Fontana
On Sat, Jun 1, 2019 at 12:03 PM Luis Villa wrote: > > Where there's been a substantial point made, I think the answer is probably > yes - a concise and board-endorsed summary of the CC0 withdrawal, for > example, would have been repeatedly useful to be able to point at over the > years. There

Re: [License-discuss] [License-review] Evolving the License Review process for OSI

2019-06-02 Thread Richard Fontana
On Sun, Jun 2, 2019 at 1:52 AM Richard Fontana wrote: > In more recent times, but well before this change > to the approval process, "software freedom" rhetoric has been > especially emphasized publicly by people associated with the OSI, most > notably Simon Phipps but

Re: [License-discuss] [License-review] Evolving the License Review process for OSI

2019-06-01 Thread Richard Fontana
On Fri, May 31, 2019 at 7:47 PM Luis Villa wrote: > From the updated https://opensource.org/approval: > "the OSI determines that the license ... guarantees software freedom." > > I still have seen no coherent explanation of what software freedom means in > the OSI context. Richard has asserted o

Re: [License-discuss] License licenses

2019-05-31 Thread Richard Fontana
On Thu, May 30, 2019 at 4:27 PM Patrick Masson wrote: > We would like to add the following information to each license page: > > - License Copyright: [Name of person/organization who submitted the license, > and year submitted] Patrick, I would suggest: (1) keeping the submitter of the license

Re: [License-discuss] Evolving the License Review process for OSI

2019-05-26 Thread Richard Fontana
On Sun, May 26, 2019 at 8:32 AM Pamela Chestek wrote: [replying to Rick Moen] > But I hope to ease your concern that I am a rigid rule follower and can > be gamed that way. First, even if I could be gamed or I have nefarious > intent, the License Review Committee is four people and the Board is >

Re: [License-discuss] Evolving the License Review process for OSI

2019-05-25 Thread Richard Fontana
On Fri, May 24, 2019 at 10:52 AM Pamela Chestek wrote: > > Changes to the Website > We have also made a minor change to the language describing the license > review process on https://opensource.org/approval. The page formerly said > “Approve, if (a) there is sufficient consensus emerging from c

Re: [License-discuss] comprehensiveness (or not) of the OSI-approved list

2019-05-23 Thread Richard Fontana
On Thu, May 23, 2019 at 5:24 PM VanL wrote: > It is possible that under certain licenses (e.g. GPLv2) that the distributor > might need to stop distributing, or identify particular jurisdictions in > which it can be distributed, but that doesn't change its open source status. As to the latter

Re: [License-discuss] comprehensiveness (or not) of the OSI-approved list

2019-05-23 Thread Richard Fontana
On Thu, May 23, 2019 at 1:07 PM Nicholas Matthew Neft Weinstock wrote: > > In reviewing the OSD, some sections explicitly reference the license, such as > section 3, while others explicitly reference the program, such as section 2. > It's interesting to note that section 7, the one that Richard

Re: [License-discuss] comprehensiveness (or not) of the OSI-approved list [was Re: [License-review] For Legacy Approval: LBNL BSD]

2019-05-23 Thread Richard Fontana
On Wed, May 22, 2019 at 4:48 AM Henrik Ingo wrote: > - According to many imprecise metrics, 99% of all open source software > in the world is covered by a list of about 20 licenses > (https://web.archive.org/web/20190115063327/https://www.blackducksoftware.com/top-open-source-licenses) > - OSI li

Re: [License-discuss] comprehensiveness (or not) of the OSI-approved list

2019-05-22 Thread Richard Fontana
On Wed, May 22, 2019 at 9:15 AM Tzeng, Nigel H. wrote: > > Let's clarify the history on CC0. > > > > Objection to CC0 was primarily you and Bruce which made it DOA regardless of > the opinions of the rest of the list. There was no "quickly growing > consensus" when they pulled the plug. You're

Re: [License-discuss] comprehensiveness (or not) of the OSI-approved list

2019-05-21 Thread Richard Fontana
On Tue, May 21, 2019 at 12:30 PM Nicholas Matthew Neft Weinstock wrote: [...] > OSI does not do so with regards to prospective licenses. It considers other > factors besides the published definition. > [...] > OSI’s License Review committee was unable to reach consensus on approving CC0, The w

Re: [License-discuss] history of l-r/org relationship [was Re: [License-review] For Approval: The Cryptographic Autonomy License]

2019-05-20 Thread Richard Fontana
; Chestek Legal > PO Box 2492 > Raleigh, NC 27602 > +1 919-800-8033 > pam...@chesteklegal.com > www.chesteklegal.com > > ___ > License-discuss mailing list > License-discuss@lists.opensource.org > http://lists.opensource.org

Re: [License-discuss] comprehensiveness (or not) of the OSI-approved list [was Re: [License-review] For Legacy Approval: LBNL BSD]

2019-05-19 Thread Richard Fontana
On Sun, May 19, 2019 at 1:30 AM Stephen Paul Weber wrote: > > ‎> Saying "OSI's list isn't very useful in contracts or scanners" does carry > an implicit question that I've probably also said explicitly on occasion: if > people don't, by and large, refer exactly to the OSI list in their documents

Re: [License-discuss] comprehensiveness (or not) of the OSI-approved list [was Re: [License-review] For Legacy Approval: LBNL BSD]

2019-05-18 Thread Richard Fontana
On Sat, May 18, 2019 at 4:56 PM Luis Villa wrote: > Saying "OSI's list isn't very useful in contracts or scanners" does carry an > implicit question that I've probably also said explicitly on occasion: if > people don't, by and large, refer exactly to the OSI list in their documents > and scan

Re: [License-discuss] history of l-r/org relationship [was Re: [License-review] For Approval: The Cryptographic Autonomy License]

2019-05-18 Thread Richard Fontana
source.org > http://lists.opensource.org/mailman/listinfo/license-discuss_lists.opensource.org -- Richard Fontana Senior Commercial Counsel Red Hat, Inc. ___ License-discuss mailing list License-discuss@lists.opensource.org http://lists.opensource.org/mailman/listinfo/license-discuss_lists.opensource.org

Re: [License-discuss] The Scope of the OSD (Was For Approval: The Cryptographic Autonomy License)

2019-05-18 Thread Richard Fontana
roved as an open > source license? > > You can contort OSD 5 and 6 to justify it, "you're excluding people who don't > live near you!/are allergic to goats!/are doing more socially beneficial > things on Fridays!" As Richard Fontana said earlier in the CAL threa

Re: [License-discuss] [Fedora-legal-list] The license of OpenMotif (Open Group Public License)

2019-04-14 Thread Richard Fontana
> > On Sat, Oct 27, 2018 at 3:36 AM Florian Weimer wrote: > > > Is it necessary that an open source license must allow porting to > > proprietary systems? I don't think so today. But based on what I > > found out about the OpenMotif license, people actually thought that > > back then. This surpr

Re: [License-discuss] International licenses redux

2019-03-31 Thread Richard Fontana
On Fri, Dec 7, 2018 at 12:22 AM Richard Fontana wrote: > I suggest we continue to think of the International category as > encompassing licenses "targeting specific languages and > jurisdictions", to use Mike's phrasing from 2015, rather than the > typical app

Re: [License-discuss] The political / technical dichotomy

2019-03-22 Thread Richard Fontana
On Wed, Mar 20, 2019 at 4:18 PM Bruce Perens wrote: > > Does it help to make the document maintainer more than one person? Or hinder? Help, I would think. Richard ___ License-discuss mailing list License-discuss@lists.opensource.org http://lists.opens

Re: [License-discuss] The political / technical dichotomy

2019-03-20 Thread Richard Fontana
I have a different concern that goes to the political nature of license proposals. If the submitter is responsible for maintaining the PEP document, how can bias be avoided or minimized in the content of the document? Even if one relies on a non-submitter volunteer somehow, in many cases third-part

Re: [License-discuss] The per se license constructor

2019-03-17 Thread Richard Fontana
On Sun, Mar 17, 2019 at 6:02 PM VanL wrote: > > > I think it gets back to the core purpose of the OSI: To be a steward for the > OSD and to certify licenses as compliant with the OSD. There are many other > good things the OSI *can* do, but that is the one thing it *must* do. > > So how does tha

Re: [License-discuss] discussion of L-R process [was Re: [License-review] Approval: Server Side Public License, Version 2 (SSPL v2)]

2019-03-16 Thread Richard Fontana
On Fri, Mar 15, 2019 at 5:21 PM Rick Moen wrote: > > I cannot help wondering if Luis is seeking to solve the wrong problem. > (As co-author of an essay on seeking help on technical problems, 'How to > Ask Questions the Smart Way', I've seen a good bit of that.) If the > main problem is 'Sometimes

[License-discuss] Fwd: discussion of L-R process [was Re: [License-review] Approval: Server Side Public License, Version 2 (SSPL v2)]

2019-03-16 Thread Richard Fontana
I just noticed that I mistakenly sent this only to Luis but intended it for the list as a reply to this thread. Sorry! -- Forwarded message - From: Richard Fontana Date: Fri, Mar 15, 2019 at 4:39 PM Subject: Re: discussion of L-R process [was Re: [License-review] Approval: Server

Re: [License-discuss] discussion of L-R process [was Re: [License-review] Approval: Server Side Public License, Version 2 (SSPL v2)]

2019-03-15 Thread Richard Fontana
On Fri, Mar 15, 2019 at 3:25 PM Ben Hilburn wrote: > For what it's worth, I think if the decision process was more clear & > transparent, it would be easier to tell whether or not "loud voices" actually > do carry undue influence. As things stand now, I think you could construct > pretty stron

Re: [License-discuss] [License-review] Encouraging discussion around the technicalities of licensing

2019-02-06 Thread Richard Fontana
On Wed, Feb 6, 2019 at 5:51 PM Simon Phipps wrote: > > [Moving this thread to license-discuss as it is not about a specific license] Thank you! > On Wed, Feb 6, 2019 at 10:40 PM Richard Fontana > wrote: >> >> >> I lean towards disagreeing with this; I think

Re: [License-discuss] Proposed license decision process

2019-01-17 Thread Richard Fontana
On Fri, Dec 7, 2018 at 12:40 AM Richard Fontana wrote: > > We've drafted the guidelines below, > which we aim to follow when reviewing licenses, to ensure that a > license will be approved only if it conforms to the Open Source > Definition and provides software freedom.

Re: [License-discuss] FYI, opensource.dev released

2019-01-09 Thread Richard Fontana
Agreed, this is great! Richard On Wed, Jan 9, 2019 at 1:46 PM Mike Milinkovich < mike.milinkov...@eclipse-foundation.org> wrote: > On 2019-01-09 1:43 p.m., Chris DiBona wrote: > > As you may or may not know, Google has been deploying new TLDs (.app, > .dev , .page, etc..) and my group wanted to

Re: [License-discuss] Proposed license decision process

2018-12-13 Thread Richard Fontana
ng their own software-freedom-oriented review of licenses. Richard > > > On Thu, Dec 6, 2018 at 10:38 PM Richard Fontana < > richard.font...@opensource.org> wrote: > > > At a recent meeting, the OSI Board discussed requests to clarify the > > license approval process (docu

[License-discuss] Proposed license decision process

2018-12-06 Thread Richard Fontana
At a recent meeting, the OSI Board discussed requests to clarify the license approval process (documented at https://opensource.org/approval). We've drafted the guidelines below, which we aim to follow when reviewing licenses, to ensure that a license will be approved only if it conforms to the Ope

[License-discuss] International licenses redux

2018-12-06 Thread Richard Fontana
Back in 2015 the OSI adopted an additional "International" license category, as explained in this license-discuss posting by Mike Milinkovich: http://lists.opensource.org/pipermail/license-discuss_lists.opensource.org/2015-June/019234.html. The assumption at the time (at least to my recollection) s

Re: [License-discuss] Please submit session proposals to FOSDEM Legal & Policy DevRoom and CopyleftConf

2018-11-16 Thread Richard Fontana
On Tue, Nov 13, 2018 at 10:29:16AM -0800, Bradley M. Kuhn wrote: > There are two events coming up soon that I think many on this list would > make excellent speakers / session facilitators for the events. [...] > Both events take place in Brussels, Belgium in early February 2019. Thank you Bradley