[License-discuss] What should fit in a FOSS license?

Pamela Chestek pamela.chestek at opensource.org
Mon Mar 9 20:59:47 UTC 2020


On 3/9/2020 3:35 PM, Christopher Lemmer Webber wrote:
> I actually considered
> drafting this into real license text and trying to push it all the way
> through the license-review process.  I thought that doing so would be an
> interesting exercise for everyone.  Maybe I still should. 

No, you shouldn't. License-review is a burdensome process for the OSI
and the list participants, so it should be limited to real licenses, not
thought experiments. License-discuss is for thought experiments.

Pam

Pamela Chestek
Chair, License Review Committee
Open Source Initiative



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