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

[Pamela Chestek]

Thanks Bruce. If you could add your comment on the wiki, that would be 
very helpful. We're trying to have just one feedback channel for comments.

Pam

Pamela Chestek
Chair, License Committee
Open Source Initiative

On 1/26/2023 10:09 PM, Bruce Perens via License-discuss wrote:
> > 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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