[License-review] [Non-DoD Source] Re: Submission of the Upstream Compatibility License v1.0 (UCL-1.0) for approval

[Karan, Cem F CIV USARMY RDECOM ARL (US)]

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> On Wed, Nov 30, 2016 at 02:11:02PM +0000, Karan, Cem F CIV USARMY RDECOM ARL 
> (US) wrote:
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> > > > Right now, ARL's Open Source License is stalled internally while
> > > > waiting for comments from higher ups; if NOSA 2.0 was
> > > > Apache-compatible and OSI approved, we could drop the ARL OSL and
> > > > go with NOSA 2.0 instead.
> > >
> > > What do you mean by 'Apache-compatible'?
> >
> > A license where code and other artifacts of a project that are
> > licensed under NOSA 2.0 could be legally imported into a project that
> > is licensed under Apache 2.0 (as defined at
> > Caution-http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0), and vice-versa.
> > We want our code to be useful to the Open Source community; having a
> > license that is OSI approved, but incompatible with other licenses is, in 
> > my not so humble opinion, a bad idea.
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> I think it's safe to say that NOSA 2.0 is not Apache-compatible in this 
> sense.

I see.  In that case, I'll keep hammering on our internal people to get 
answers from them.  Depending on what answers I get, I may have to start 
pushing OSI approval for the ARL OSL.

Thanks,
Cem Karan

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