License Committee Report for May 2007

[Matthew Flaschen]

Russ Nelson wrote:
> The OSI board met yesterday, and the board accepted all
> recommendations except the first.  We:
> 
> Rejected the SimPL because it intends to solve the same problem as
> the GPL yet is incompatible with the GPL.  If the authors want to
> revise their license so that it is GPL-compatible (as is the Artistic
> License), then we will be happy to reconsider.

It is.  I made sure of it; the latest version posted to the list says,
"Licensing it to everyone under SimPL, or substantially similar terms
(such as GPL 2.0);"

Also, why were GAP and STPL withdrawn again?

Matthew Flaschen