License Committee Report for May 2007

[Andrew C. Oliver]

http://blog.buni.org/blog/acoliver/opensource/2007/06/08/Would-be-exhibit-B-adware-aka-attribution-licenses-writhdrawn

Matthew Flaschen wrote:
> 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 Also, why were GAP and STPL withdrawn again?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


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