[License-discuss] Volunteers for tagging licenses
Pamela Chestek
pamela.chestek at opensource.org
Sat Mar 9 01:08:47 UTC 2024
Hi all,
If you let me know you were interested in this project, but didn't
receive the introductory email I just sent, let me know.
Thanks,
Pam
On 2/25/2024 4:20 PM, Pamela Chestek wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> In June 2023, the License Review Working Group completed its work
> revising the license review process. There was an outstanding task
> that grew out of the Working Group, which was to create tags for the
> approved licenses that could be used as an aid in filtering approved
> licenses for their characteristics.
>
> There are two stages to this task. The first stage is to create a list
> of tags to be attached to licenses. There is already a preliminary
> list
> <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1svyrUgE6xwzaNO4xnhTT0-pHPblwBm__BArtttkQWxk/edit?usp=sharing>,
> so we should be able to complete this task in a fairly short period of
> time.
>
> The second stage is to add the tags to the existing licenses. I would
> like to have as many people as possible willing to assist in this
> task. There are over 100 licenses and I would like to have each
> license reviewed by two people, a primary reviewer and verifier. You
> do not have to be a lawyer to participate, only comfortable reading
> and understanding open source licenses.
>
> If you are interested in helping with this task, please respond to me
> only (to save spamming everyone).
>
> Thanks,
>
> Pam Chestek
> Chair, License Review Committee
> Open Source Initiative
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