<div dir="ltr">Hi all,<div><br></div><div>License-Discuss mailing list topics for January 2020:<br><br>- Dual Licensing<br>- Copyright on APIs<br>- Decision process regarding license review submissions<br>- AGPL evaluation and real-world license testing<br>- ZFS Kernel Code on Linux<br><br> <br><b>Dual Licensing </b><br><a href="https://lists.opensource.org/pipermail/license-discuss_lists.opensource.org/2020-January/021191.html">https://lists.opensource.org/pipermail/license-discuss_lists.opensource.org/2020-January/021191.html<br></a><br>Centralizing copyright licensing and not centralizing copyrights themselves <br><a href="https://lists.opensource.org/pipermail/license-discuss_lists.opensource.org/2020-January/021192.html">https://lists.opensource.org/pipermail/license-discuss_lists.opensource.org/2020-January/021192.html<br></a><br>Single entity open source business model<br><a href="https://lists.opensource.org/pipermail/license-discuss_lists.opensource.org/2020-January/021204.html">https://lists.opensource.org/pipermail/license-discuss_lists.opensource.org/2020-January/021204.html</a></div><div><br><br><b>Copyright on APIs</b><br><a href="https://lists.opensource.org/pipermail/license-discuss_lists.opensource.org/2020-January/021193.html">https://lists.opensource.org/pipermail/license-discuss_lists.opensource.org/2020-January/021193.html<br></a><br>Doubt on article assumptions due to machine-readable interface description in the source code<br><a href="https://lists.opensource.org/pipermail/license-discuss_lists.opensource.org/2020-January/021194.html">https://lists.opensource.org/pipermail/license-discuss_lists.opensource.org/2020-January/021194.html<br></a><br> <br><br><b>Decision process regarding license review submissions</b><br><a href="https://lists.opensource.org/pipermail/license-discuss_lists.opensource.org/2020-January/021195.html">https://lists.opensource.org/pipermail/license-discuss_lists.opensource.org/2020-January/021195.html<br></a><br>Suggestion to postpone OSI evaluation of new licenses until after some time of practical use<br><a href="https://lists.opensource.org/pipermail/license-discuss_lists.opensource.org/2020-January/021199.html">https://lists.opensource.org/pipermail/license-discuss_lists.opensource.org/2020-January/021199.html<br></a><br>The role of the OSI and defining norms<br><a href="https://lists.opensource.org/pipermail/license-discuss_lists.opensource.org/2020-January/021201.html">https://lists.opensource.org/pipermail/license-discuss_lists.opensource.org/2020-January/021201.html<br></a><br>Writing down all rules would be divisive and further enable bad actors <br><a href="https://lists.opensource.org/pipermail/license-discuss_lists.opensource.org/2020-January/021207.html">https://lists.opensource.org/pipermail/license-discuss_lists.opensource.org/2020-January/021207.html<br></a><br>Postponing evaluation means ignoring and that the current OSI certification process is fine and shouldn’t be changed because of one license being reviewed. Introduce retiring licenses or have a category of "open source but not recommended."<br><a href="https://lists.opensource.org/pipermail/license-discuss_lists.opensource.org/2020-January/021203.html">https://lists.opensource.org/pipermail/license-discuss_lists.opensource.org/2020-January/021203.html<br></a><br>It is undesirable to have the OSI determine which licenses are better than others<br><a href="https://lists.opensource.org/pipermail/license-discuss_lists.opensource.org/2020-January/021208.html">https://lists.opensource.org/pipermail/license-discuss_lists.opensource.org/2020-January/021208.html<br></a><br>Concern with interim naming of a license while it is in use but before OSI evaluation<br><a href="https://lists.opensource.org/pipermail/license-discuss_lists.opensource.org/2020-January/021212.html">https://lists.opensource.org/pipermail/license-discuss_lists.opensource.org/2020-January/021212.html<br></a><br><br> <br><b>AGPL evaluation and real-world license testing</b><br><a href="https://lists.opensource.org/pipermail/license-discuss_lists.opensource.org/2020-January/021197.html">https://lists.opensource.org/pipermail/license-discuss_lists.opensource.org/2020-January/021197.html<br></a><br>Copyleft-next is engaging in a public drafting process<br><a href="https://lists.opensource.org/pipermail/license-discuss_lists.opensource.org/2020-January/021198.html">https://lists.opensource.org/pipermail/license-discuss_lists.opensource.org/2020-January/021198.html<br></a><br><br><br><b>ZFS Kernel Code on Linux</b><br><a href="https://lists.opensource.org/pipermail/license-discuss_lists.opensource.org/2020-January/021215.html">https://lists.opensource.org/pipermail/license-discuss_lists.opensource.org/2020-January/021215.html</a><br></div></div>