For Approval: Open Source Hardware License
Rick Moen
rick at linuxmafia.com
Sat Jul 7 06:11:51 UTC 2007
Quoting Allison Randal (allison at perl.org):
> So, people should first release a whole bunch of software/hardware under
> the new license, and then go ask the people with experience if their
> license is sane and likely to be accepted?
Yesterday, in response to your earlier message, I replied:
I can't help noticing that OSI _certifying_ only software licences
wouldn't equate to it somehow hoarding its experience.
The comment still seems relevant. ;-> But I might have been too
cryptic. (If so, sorry.)
To rephrase in the form of a question: Why are you assuming that the
only plausible means of garnering comment on a hardware licence's sanity
and acceptance prospects is to submit it to OSI's software-licence
certification process, especially when good alternatives beckon? E.g.,
one could post, "Hey, gang, please have a look at this hardware licence
[citation], and let me know if you think it's sane and likely to be
accepted."
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