Revised License Committee Report for March 2009

[Russ Nelson]

The board voted yesterday to accept the committee's recommendations.
Note that discussion on the caGrid license has bogged down on the
license authors desire to modify the license with every release.  My
feeling is to tell them to go away until they have a license they
like, but other people may feel differently.

Russ Nelson writes:
 > [ sorry, I neglected the EUPL. ]
 > 
 > 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.
 > 
 > --
 > 
 > Title: European Union Public License (EUPL)
 > Submission: 
 >   http://crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?17:mss:105:200803:kokiblmeljajbpncpbnc
 > License: http://ec.europa.eu/idabc/en/document/7774
 > Comments: Matt Flaschen reviewed v1.1, and finds it conforming (at
 >   least in the English version, which is sufficient).
 > Recommend: approval
 > 
 > --
 > 
 > 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
 > 
 > --
 > 
 > 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
 > 
 > --
 > 
 > 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
 > 
 > --
 > 
 > 
 > 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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