<div dir="auto">I reject that these licenses are specific to different communities at all. There are perfectly good strategic reasons why a free software person would use a BSD license, an Open Source person would use a GPL, and all of the licenses are acceptable to both camps . We are not doing restricted-availability licenses because I think they're boring and ultimately useless. We indirectly support dual-licensing if you want to do that, because it works with the GPL.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Gil, I have spent a lot of my time in bringing the free software and open source camps together, because they really are the same thing. I respectfully request that you stop attempting to divide the two communities, because it is harmful to both.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Thanks</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Bruce</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Sep 12, 2019, 07:24 Gil Yehuda <<a href="mailto:gyehuda@verizonmedia.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">gyehuda@verizonmedia.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Verizon NHG DS",sans-serif">Bruce concludes with...</span></div><div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Verizon NHG DS",sans-serif">> </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">that achieves <i>most purposes of Open Source/Free Software.</i></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Reading this phrase a few times, something sticks out. </span><font color="#000000" face="Verizon NHG DS, sans-serif"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">We consistently see three camps who leverage licenses for differing reasons. I present this with no intent to judge, but only to describe as accurately as I can.</span></font></div><ul><li><span id="m_3835191678859778278m_-7923957228730160999m_5988144208618369466gmail-docs-internal-guid-cd653bb0-7fff-af26-9696-212523294109"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Verizon NHG DS",sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b>Free</b>: an ethical movement that sees proprietary software as a social wrong/evil. Licenses are designed to reduce this evil. </span></span></li><li><span id="m_3835191678859778278m_-7923957228730160999m_5988144208618369466gmail-docs-internal-guid-cd653bb0-7fff-af26-9696-212523294109"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Verizon NHG DS",sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b>Open</b>: a crowdsourcing movement that enables networked value production. Licenses allow participants to manage their intentional involvement in unrestricted code sharing, yet not erode proprietary software unintentionally. </span></span></li><li><span id="m_3835191678859778278m_-7923957228730160999m_5988144208618369466gmail-docs-internal-guid-cd653bb0-7fff-af26-9696-212523294109"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><b style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Verizon NHG DS",sans-serif;white-space:pre-wrap">Restricted </b><font color="#000000" face="Verizon NHG DS, sans-serif"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><b>Availability</b></span></font><b style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Verizon NHG DS",sans-serif;white-space:pre-wrap"> </b><font color="#000000" face="Verizon NHG DS, sans-serif"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">: a method to expose code but restrict some usage. Licenses encourage some users to pay for usage (enabling a business venture) or block usage in restricted domains. </span></font></span></span></li></ul><div><font color="#000000" face="Verizon NHG DS, sans-serif"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">I think it's better to see the <i>differences</i> between the motivations for Free Software, Open Source, and Source Available models, rather than combine them and find something that fits most of the overlap. </span></font></div><div><ul><li><font color="#000000" face="Verizon NHG DS, sans-serif"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">Licenses that enable the ethical movement don't work for many crowdsourcing participants. It forces them to share more than they want. </span></font>By design.</li><li><font color="#000000" face="Verizon NHG DS, sans-serif"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">Licenses that enable the crowdsource movement do not satisfy all the goals of the ethical movement, nor do they satisfy the goals of the restricted availability movement. By design.</span></font></li><li><font color="#000000" face="Verizon NHG DS, sans-serif"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">Licenses that enable restrictions do not satisfy the goals of either of the other two movements. Again by design.</span></font></li></ul></div><span id="m_3835191678859778278m_-7923957228730160999m_5988144208618369466gmail-docs-internal-guid-cd653bb0-7fff-af26-9696-212523294109"></span><div><div><font color="#000000" face="Verizon NHG DS, sans-serif"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">So if you are going to propose a reduction exercise (and if it actually takes off this time), let me suggest altering the goal from "</span></font><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">achieves </span><i style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">most purposes of Open Source/Free Software</i><font color="#000000" face="Verizon NHG DS, sans-serif"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">" to "clarify when a license meets the intent of the Free Software movement, the Open Source movement, or the Restricted Availability movement." Then include the representatives of each movement so they can help clarify where there is overlap and where not. I think this will help each movement to sit comfortably on its turf and know that others are not over-claiming.</span></font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="Verizon NHG DS, sans-serif"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="Verizon NHG DS, sans-serif"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">tl;dr: People who say "one size fits most" mean "one size fits me."</span></font></div><br><div><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><p style="margin:0px;font-family:"Verizon NHG DS",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:1em;text-align:left;line-height:100%;color:black"><span style="font-weight:bold">Gil Yehuda: </span>I help with external technology engagement</p><p style="margin:0px;font-family:"Verizon NHG DS",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:1em;text-align:left;line-height:100%;color:black">From the <a href="https://developer.yahoo.com/opensource/docs/" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">Open Source Program Office</a> at Yahoo / Verizon Media</p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Sep 12, 2019 at 9:29 AM VanL <<a href="mailto:van.lindberg@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">van.lindberg@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>[Responding on license-discuss]</div><div><br></div><div>I look forward to you endorsing the CAL, the ISC license, and MPL2 as the only licenses necessary for anyone to use.<br></div><div><br></div><div>More seriously, is this the "only three licenses are necessary" argument, or is there a different set? If so, why? <br></div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Van<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Sep 11, 2019 at 8:29 PM Bruce Perens via License-review <<a href="mailto:license-review@lists.opensource.org" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">license-review@lists.opensource.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Friday next week at Open Core Summit, I will announce COHERENT OPEN SOURCE. Let's scrap the Tower of Babel of 100+ Open Source licenses, for a minimal set, FSF/OSI approved, cross-compatible, that achieves most purposes of Open Source/Free Software.<br> -- <br><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Bruce Perens - Partner, <a href="http://OSS.Capital" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">OSS.Capital</a>.</div></div></div></div></div>
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