Submitting GPLv3 and LGPLv3 for OSI inclusion.

[Michael Tiemann]

Chris,

I believe that our License Approval committee chair, Russ Nelson, is now 
traveling, but on behalf of the board, I'd like to thank you for 
submitting this license to the process.  Having been an OSI board 
member, you probably know all this, but to remind everybody, the Board 
approves licenses based on (1) input from the community, (2) the 
recommendation of the Chair, and (3) our own readings of the license and 
the Open Source Definition (to which we are ultimately accountable).  We 
have board meetings scheduled for July 11th,  July 23rd (at OSCON), and 
August 8th, which provides a number of near-term opportunities for the 
Board to act upon the recommendation of the Chair.  And we have 
subsequent meetings scheduled through into 2008.

The Chair typically makes their recommendation after the community 
(represented by the 1000+ subscribers to this list) have made themselves 
heard.  In my experience, the community does a pretty good job of 
converging to a position that the Chair can report, and the Chair does a 
pretty good job of making a recommendation that's faithful to that 
position.  (In the last board meeting, we failed to approve one license 
because of an administrative error, but we will revisit that decision in 
the upcoming board meeting.)

Because I have blogged favorably on previous drafts of the GPLv3 (see 
,http://opensource.org/node/130)  I think you know where I stand in 
general, but because we now have a new (and final) version, I must read 
it again as if it is the first time.  I would invite each of you (so 
inclined) to do the same.  I look forward to your input, and to 
receiving a recommendation from the Chair when he is ready to make one.  
As President of the OSI, I can assure you that we will call the vote 
just as soon as we have a proper motion to do so.

Have a great weekend!

M