[License-discuss] License Review working group asks for community input on its recommendations

Bruce Perens bruce at perens.com
Fri Jan 27 03:09:13 UTC 2023


> The license does not have terms that structurally put the licensor in a
more favored position than any licensee.

Please use "must". Does is like "shall". This is one of a zillion
references on why not to use "shall":
https://www.isba.org/barnews/2009/11/25/must-vs-shall

On Thu, Jan 26, 2023 at 6:12 PM Pamela Chestek <
pamela.chestek at opensource.org> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> The OSI has now posted the recommendations of the License Review Working
> Group. The blog post is at
>
> https://blog.opensource.org/the-license-review-working-group-asks-for-community-input-on-its-recommendations/,
>
> with a wiki version available for comments.
>
> https://wiki.opensource.org/bin/Working%20Groups%20%26%20Incubator%20Projects/License%20Review/#
>
> Comments will be open on the wiki for four months to allow adequate
> time. The OSI will also have a session in the Legal and Policy Issues
> Dev Room at FOSDEM, https://fosdem.org/2023/schedule/event/license_review/
>
> Looking forward to all of your comments and insight.
>
> Pamela Chestek
> Chair, License Committee
> Open Source Initiative
>
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Bruce Perens K6BP
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