License Committee Report for November 2009
Russ Nelson
nelson at crynwr.com
Wed Nov 11 16:18:46 UTC 2009
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 November 11.
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Title: LaTeX Project Public License
Submission:
http://crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?17:mss:839:200909:nmnpkpkdlalddebkknll
License: http://www.latex-project.org/lppl/
Comments: Legacy approval, complicated license, but on that basis,
Bruce, Ernie, Chuck, John, Dag-Erling, and Michael all say yes;
nobody no.
Recommend: approval
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Title: BSD license (PostgreSQL variant)
Submission:
http://crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?17:mss:874:200909:kodinndfijkmchmflood
License: In the submission
Comments: License is not generic and the disclaimer doesn't cover the
PostgreSQL project submittors.
Recommend: send it back for revision
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Title: TVA Open Source License
Submission:
http://crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?17:mss:855:200909:ocbonljbkalkbhkdbaml
License:
https://naspi.tva.com/PhasorMeasurementData/Documents/TVA%20Open%20Source%20Agreement.doc
https://naspi.tva.com/PhasorMeasurementData/Documents/TVA%20Open%20Source%20Agreement%20with%20tracking%20changes%20from%20NOSA%20source.doc
https://naspi.tva.com/PhasorMeasurementData/Documents/TVA%20Open%20Source%20Agreement.txt
Comments: Not clear what their copyright status is in re 17 USC
105. Commentators had questions, but legal staff unwillint to review
Recommend: no approval without prejudice
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Title: Falcon Programming Language License
Submission:
http://crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?17:mss:826:naokadpjdjicihdgloog
License: http://www.falconpl.org/index.ftd?page_id=license_1_1
Comments: Clearly OSD-compatible but ... it's the GPL with an added
freedom to embed the language interpreter creating a single work
without invoking the terms of the GPL. If that were it, then we
could leave it there, but Giancarlo adds required attribution above
and beyond that required by the GPL.
Recommend: Still inadequate discussion
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