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

Josh berkus josh at postgresql.org
Mon Nov 13 17:27:44 UTC 2017


On 11/08/2017 11:10 PM, Kyle Mitchell wrote:
> 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.

You are submitting for approval a license which does several things
which no license previously approved by the OSI does.

If you thought that reviewing such a license was going to be either fast
or straightforwards, or that committee members would be unanimous in our
evaluation of criteria or recommendations, then I'm sorry.  Hopefully
your expectations are updated now.

Frankly, I'm not clear why you would have such an expectation.  Your
plans and business model for LicenseZero.com have been even more
controversial within the javascript community.

--Josh Berkus





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