[beyond-licensing] next steps for Beyond Licensing?

[Tony Wasserman]

Hi, everyone,

I'd like to see OSI be a leader in setting the agenda on key issues 
related to open source. Our lack of activity has effectively ceded that 
leadership role to others.

So I agree that we need a reset of some sort if we want to have a voice 
on these topics. To me, one problem is the choice of the phrase "beyond 
licensing" as the name for the group, since that suggests a focus on 
legal issues, even if that wasn't the intention of the group's founders. 
Another problem is that key members of this group are extremely busy, 
and simply don't have the cycles to work on yet another group.

I would propose retiring this working group, creating a new one with a 
name like "future directions in open source", jointly develop a list of 
topics, and then see who is interested in working on them.

Cheers,

Tony

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On 11/29/17 10:50 AM, Allison Randal wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> The Beyond Licensing Working Group was chartered for an initial year,
> with a note that we'd "evaluate next steps for the group after 12
> months". The year has passed, and the group hasn't been very active
> lately, what would you all like to do? The simplest option is to retire
> the working group, but we could also refresh with specific plans for
> another year of work.
>
> (The board is doing an overall review of active/inactive working groups
> today, so this is just general housekeeping.)
>
> Thanks,
> Allison
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