For Approval: Transitive Grace Period Public Licence, v1.0

[Matthew Flaschen]

zooko wrote:
> Dear license-review at opensource.org:
> 
> Please approve the Transitive Grace Period Public Licence, v1.0, as
> compliant with the Open Source Definition.

It's compliant, but that doesn't mean the OSI should approve it.

> I hypothesize that some duration of grace period more than zero and less
> than infinity might yield greater social good.  By being less than
> infinite (in fact, 12 months), it compels the producers of derived works
> to share their source code.

This requirement will make enforcement very difficult.  If I see that a
fly-by-night operation has started distributing without source code, I
have to wait 12 months to see if they start providing source.  By that
time, it could be impossible to contact (or serve) them.

> +         3. to distribute or communicate copies of the Original Work
> and Derivative Works to the public, with the proviso that copies of
> Original Work or Derivative Works that You distribute or communicate
> shall be licensed under this Transitive Grace Period Public Licence no
> later than 12 months after You distributed or communicated said copies;

This doesn't require that the source of the derivative work is provided,
while I believe you intend that this is a requirement.

Matt Flaschen