License Committee Report for November 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 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