License Committee Report for July 2007

[Chris DiBona]

Okeydokey then:

GPLv3
1) http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html
2) GPLv2
3) Apache, Bsd and gplv2 licensed with the or-any-later clause can be
used by v3. V3 code can be adapted into Affero. These are one-way
promotions.
4) License sent.
5) I believe that the OSI cannot approve non-written amendments and
each should be required to be put through this process before the user
would be able to call it osi approved.
6) Monitoring...

LGPLv3
1) http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-3.0.html
2) LGPL
3) previous versions of the lgpl, bsd and likely others.
4) License sent here.
5) I believe that the OSI cannot approve non-written amendments and
each should be required to be put through this process before the user
would be able to call it osi approved.
6) Monitoring.


On 7/30/07, Timothy McIntyre <tmcintyre at terracottatech.com> wrote:
>
>  The OSI, to its credit, requires compliance with the following procedures,
> in order to have a license approved:
>
> http://www.opensource.org/docs/certification_mark.html#approval
>
>  This ensures that the community has an opportunity to thoroughly "vet" a
> proposed license before it is OSI-approved.
>
>  -Tim
>
>  Chris DiBona wrote:
>  Hey...I specifically submit GPLv3 (sans attachments) and lgplv3 for
> -approval-. For cripes sake.
>
> Chris
>
> On 7/30/07, Russ Nelson <nelson at crynwr.com> wrote:
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>
>  Chuck Swiger writes:
>  > On Jul 23, 2007, at 1:05 PM, Russ Nelson wrote:
>  > > I'm the chair of the license approval committee. This is my report
>  > > for the current set of licenses under discussion.
>  >
>  > What about GPLv3 & LGPLv3 submitted by Chris DiBona, and the
>  > "Simplified BSD license" submitted by DES?
>
> Neither has been submitted For Approval. As written, they're just
> suggestions, desires, wishes, or hopes that we might approve them.
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