License Committee Report for March 2009

[Russ Nelson]

I'm the chair of the license approval committee.  This is my report
for the current set of licenses under discussion.  The OSI board will
be meeting March 4th.

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Title: WTFPL
Submission: 
  http://crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?17:mss:634:200902:aglgcgbhmfcheffmdgon
License: http://sam.zoy.org/wtfpl/
Comments: It's no different from dedication to the public domain.
    Author has submitted license approval request -- author is free to
    make public domain dedication.
Recommend: denial

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Title: IPA Font License v1.0
Submission: 
  http://crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?17:mss:515:200902:ahjoeececbbcpiajppfi
License: http://ipafont.ipa.go.jp/enduser_license_draft090203.html
Comments: Discussion continues
Recommend: deferral

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Title: Transitive Grace Period Public Licence, v1.0 (TGPPL)
Submission: 
  License: 
Comments: Discussion continues, but Bruce says "Deny approval" because
    the benefits aren't worth the cost.
Recommend: deferral

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Title: caGrid Open Source License
Submission:
  http://crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?17:mss:476:200901:nhlgbahaekpcbnldleop
License: http://cagrid.org/wiki/CaGrid:LICENSE-1.2
Comments: Discussion has bogged down.  Apparently they change the
  license with every release.  Are they going to want approval every time??
Recommend: deferral

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