[License-review] For Approval: Rewrite of License Zero Reciprocal Public License

[Richard Fontana]

Hi Kyle,

On Wed, Nov 08, 2017 at 11:10:31PM -0800, Kyle Mitchell wrote:
> For what it's worth, my confusion here traces back to
> https://opensource.org/approval once more:
> 
>   What Will Happen
> 
>   1. The License Review community will discuss on the
>      mailing list for at least 30 days.  The submitter
>      should participate in this discussion by replying to
>      any questions asked or claims made about the license.
> 
>   2. The License Review Chair will summarize and present
>      recommendations to OSI Board (and copy the list).
> 
>   3. The OSI Board will make the final decision, or requests
>      for additional information, at the next monthly
>      meeting.
> 
>   4. The License Review Chair will report back to the List.
> 
>   5. If Approved, the OSI Website will be updated as
>      appropriate.
> 
> The website names Luis License Review Chair, but I
> understand he no longer holds the post.  I gathered that
> Richard does, somewhere along the way.  I can't recall
> offhand how.  And I took his recent e-mail laying out
> questions for the board as preparation for the report
> mentioned above.

Ah, sorry, that is not exactly what that email was for, not
specifically. Rather I was trying to facilitate step 1, as step 2
seemed premature. Or maybe just trying to organize my own thoughts, as
a participant in this mailing list. 

> I so wish that my first e-mail to license-discuss had been a
> request for an overview of the process, soup to nuts.
> Instead, I did what looked for all the world like my
> homework, and followed its instructions.  I can't help
> feeling that's hurt more than helped me.
> 
> I have no desire to lay blame anywhere, on anyone.  But
> someone should please update /approval, before it takes
> another victim.  If only to replace it with instructions to
> inquire on this list.

I'm not really sure what major discrepancy you are seeing between what
/approval says and what you've been experiencing. It does seem to me
that you may have assumed the review process (up until the actual OSI
board vote, if one is held) is more formal than, in practice, it is.

Richard