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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>I would personally like either of Chris' or Michael's suggestions. I have not asked that we submit our open source license (MIT with extra disclaimers) under the assumption that it would fail the license proliferation threshold but if there were an option to submit a license as a MIT variant and not contribute to LP I'd try to get the ball rolling in that direction.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>It sure would be nice to say "Yes, we're OSI approved. You can find us on the MIT variant page."</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>As to why I don't ask that we release under an already OSI approved license the extra disclaimers and clarifications to the base MIT license I presume were viewed by our legal department to be highly desirable/necessary. I can make the case that OSI approval is worth reworking the license to be reusable by removing the "vanity" bits but not likely that the extra disclaimers are unnecessary for us.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>Of course, avoiding the need to mention another university at all might also be helpful. Perhaps we can re-word to be an ISC variant. :)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>I've included the JHU/APL license below. It is not submitted for approval (not that its in the right format anyway, nor am I likely empowered to) but discussion as to whether it would meet the metric as a variant or diverges too much. I can ask that it be officially submitted if desired.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>Nigel</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>ObDis: Speaking for myself and not for The Johns Hopkins University</FONT></DIV>
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