<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 5 April 2016 at 00:06, Allison Randal <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:allison@opensource.org" target="_blank">allison@opensource.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><span>On 04/04/2016 03:08 PM, Allison Randal wrote:<br>
> The difference between a mailing list and an "official" working group is<br>
> a simple process where we explain to the OSI board what we want to do,<br>
> and the board says "that makes sense". I've put together a first draft<br>
> using the standard template, could you all take a look and see whether<br>
> I've captured the idea behind the group? Feel free to suggest any<br>
> changes or make them directly to the wiki page:<br>
><br>
> <a href="https://wiki.opensource.org/bin/Projects/Beyond+Licensing+Working+Group+Proposal" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wiki.opensource.org/bin/Projects/Beyond+Licensing+Working+Group+Proposal</a><br></span></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Proposal LGTM.<br><br></div><div>Thank you for volunteering to chair the Working Group, Deb! <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><span>
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</span>A note: I have a hope that the final result will be a set of principles<br>
that the FSF could also approve, with a quick substitution of "free<br>
software" for "open source". That might sound radical, until you recall<br>
that the Open Source Definition is just a few quick substitutions on the<br>
Debian Free Software Guidelines.<br>
<br>
I don't know that it belongs as a goal in the charter for the working<br>
group, since it would be the FSF's choice whether they want it at all.<br>
But, it does influence the process, and especially makes me glad that we<br>
have participants who self-identify as "free software" as well as<br>
participants who self-identify as "open source".<br>
<br>
I'd aim for a third version that substitutes "software freedom", but<br>
grammatically I think we're far less likely to succeed at a 1:1<br>
replacement with that phrase.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I would hope this third version would be possible with some clever editing and I volunteer to assist with that effort when the time is right.<br><br></div><div>Cheers,<br></div><div>LH<br><br>----<br>Leslie Hawthorn<br>Board Member <br><div>Open Source Initiative<br></div><a href="http://opensource.org" target="_blank">http://opensource.org</a></div></div></div></div>