License Committee Report for May 2007

[Christopher D. Coppola]

Thanks to everyone who participated in the ECL conversation and  
helped us refine our thinking (and the license itself).

Chris.
On Jun 7, 2007, at 12:20 PM, 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.
>
> Approved the ECL2 and Artistic2.
>
> Rejected the CPDDL for commercial restrictions.
>
> Russ Nelson writes:
>> I'm the chair of the license approval committee.  This is my report
>> for the current set of licenses under discussion.
>>
>> --
>>
>> Title: Simple Public License (SimPL):
>> Submission:
>>   http://crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?3:sss: 
>> 12796:200705:ljlcebgacpjodogfcegi
>> Revised here:
>>   http://crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?3:msn: 
>> 12796:ljlcebgacpjodogfcegi
>> License: http://www.law.washington.edu/CASRIP/License/ 
>> SimplePublicLicense.html
>> Comments: Intended to be a simplified GPL.  DiBona suggests that the
>>     GPL is well understood and this license is not useful.
>> Recommend: approval, placement in Redundant category.
>>
>> --
>>
>> Title: Educational Community License (ECL 2.0):
>> Submission:
>>   http://crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?3:sss: 
>> 12757:200705:pinhehafopjimikjkpki
>> and the submittor's summary of discussion:
>>   http://crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?3:sss: 
>> 12794:200705:cljjpgeldckepijfbgjb
>>
>> License:
>>   https://www.collabtools.org/access/content/user/ 
>> chris.coppola at rsmart.com/ecl2.txt
>>     but it's easier to read the version resubmitted here:
>>   http://crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?3:msp: 
>> 12746:pinhehafopjimikjkpki
>>
>> Comments: This license is one sentence short of being Apache.  They
>>     plan to retire the ECL 1.1 when this license is approved.  Brian
>>     objects in principle but understands why they're not Apache.   
>> Matt
>>     points out that implicit patent grant in "use" of 1.1 is  
>> greater than
>>     explicit grant in 2.0.
>> Recommend: approval, replacement of ECL 1.1
>>
>> --
>>
>> Title: Socialtext Public License ("STPL"):
>> Submission:
>>   http://crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?3:sss: 
>> 12652:200703:ddflneepifdnbhkgfeln
>> Recommend: withdrawn by submittor in email sent to me today.
>>
>> --
>>
>> Title: Artistic License 2.0:
>> Submission:
>>   http://crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?3:sss: 
>> 12636:200703:aaaiclffjeamnghfcijk
>> License: http://foundation.perl.org/legal/licenses/artistic-2_0- 
>> plain.html
>> Comments: John approves.
>> Recommend: approval, replacement of Artistic License.
>>
>> --
>>
>> Title: Common Precertification Development and Distribution  
>> License (CPDDL)
>> Submission:
>>   http://crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?3:sss: 
>> 12600:200703:gckfocofecifgfklmmmg
>> Comments:  Matt, Larry, and Chuck all point out that restrictions on
>>     commercial use do not comply with the OSD, even if they disappear
>>     in time.
>> Recommend: rejection, but we should encourage people to use this
>>     license anyway because it will result in more code eventually
>>     falling under an open source license (LGPL).
>>
>> --
>>
>> Title: Generic Attribution Provision (GAP)
>>   http://crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?3:sss: 
>> 11984:200612:jfkjkakegkfbihlhcbbn
>> with the bulk of the discussion here:
>>   http://crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?3:sss: 
>> 12392:200701:oiccemjkkoffgnlmoebm
>> Recommend: withdrawn by submittor in email sent to me today.
>>
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