Re: [License-discuss] For Public Comment: The Contribution Public License

2019-08-06 Thread Nicholas Matthew Neft Weinstock
t; Finally, a quick note on naming, there's already a CPL. Since you got > > rid of the word "Contribute" maybe think of a new name for the license > > with a unique set of initials. > > Makes sense, somehow I've missed the Common Public License, thanks, I

Re: [License-discuss] For Public Comment: The Contribution Public License

2019-08-05 Thread Moritz Maxeiner
I've incorporated several new suggestions and attached the new draft as plaintext. - More verbose initial paragraph that's explicit about both copyright and patent license grants - copyright notice -> contributor notice - "use or distribute this software with it" in clause 2 -> "use the hereby

Re: [License-discuss] For Public Comment: The Contribution Public License

2019-08-05 Thread Moritz Maxeiner
nitials. Makes sense, somehow I've missed the Common Public License, thanks, I'll have to think of another name, then. How about the "Sharing is Caring License" (SiCL)? No? I'll keep looking, then. > > Thank you, > Nicholas Weinstock Thanks for your feedback

Re: [License-discuss] For Public Comment: The Contribution Public License

2019-08-05 Thread Nicholas Matthew Neft Weinstock
nitials. Thank you, Nicholas Weinstock > -Original Message- > From: License-discuss On > Behalf Of Moritz Maxeiner > Sent: Sunday, August 4, 2019 7:40 PM > To: license-discuss@lists.opensource.org > Subject: [EXT] Re: [License-discuss] For Public Comment: The Cont

Re: [License-discuss] For Public Comment: The Contribution Public License

2019-08-05 Thread Moritz Maxeiner
On Monday, 5 August 2019 15:23:57 CEST Pamela Chestek wrote: > You've added confusion with these two new paragraphs: > >You are granted a perpetual, universal, non-exclusive, > no-charge, royalty-free, irrevocable (except by not > fulfilling the above obligations) copyright

Re: [License-discuss] For Public Comment: The Contribution Public License

2019-08-05 Thread Pamela Chestek
You've added confusion with these two new paragraphs:        You are granted a perpetual, universal, non-exclusive,     no-charge, royalty-free, irrevocable (except by not     fulfilling the above obligations) copyright license to use     and distribute this software without restrictio

Re: [License-discuss] For Public Comment: The Contribution Public License

2019-08-04 Thread Moritz Maxeiner
(Hopefully replying to my sent mail works and doesn't start a new thread) I've incorporated most suggestions (commit 848faa0 in the previously linked to GitHub repository) and attached the new draft as both plaintext and universal diff from previous plaintext. - conditions -> obligations - at l

Re: [License-discuss] For Public Comment: The Contribution Public License

2019-08-04 Thread Moritz Maxeiner
Thank you for your feedback. On Sunday, 4 August 2019 19:49:18 CEST Lukas Atkinson wrote: > I have two concerns about this license: > > 1. it seems to disallow private modification and compel disclosure. Yes, that is intentional. > Even if this didn't fail the desert island test, it would be im

Re: [License-discuss] For Public Comment: The Contribution Public License

2019-08-04 Thread Lukas Atkinson
I have two concerns about this license: 1. it seems to disallow private modification and compel disclosure. Even if this didn't fail the desert island test, it would be impossible to comply because there's no time frame within which a change must be published. Then again, publication is only neces

Re: [License-discuss] For Public Comment: The Contribution Public License

2019-08-04 Thread Moritz Maxeiner
Thanks for the suggestions. If I were to adopt them I think I can go a bit further and shorten clause 2 to this (or do you see any issue with removing the "as follows" part?): 2. License each change you make to this software under this license, publish it through a freely accessible distributi

Re: [License-discuss] For Public Comment: The Contribution Public License

2019-08-04 Thread Kevin P. Fleming
I would not use the word 'Contribute' in clause 2, but instead use the word 'Publish'. 'Contribute' implies more than just publication, at least in common usage in the open source world. In addition, there is no need to specify "to the public" in the requirement of applying this license to changes;