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

[Josh berkus]

On 10/24/2017 03:34 PM, Kyle Mitchell wrote:
> L0-R was written for use as one of two alternative public
> licenses for users of licensezero.com, an online system for
> selling exceptions to public licenses.  If you'd like, I can
> poll those who expressed original interest in a copyleft
> usable with License Zero, and see what work they had in
> mind.  Knowing who I know, I'd suspect primarily npm
> packages to start.  As for me, I would very likely apply
> L0-R to the server software for License Zero itself, and to
> separate license audit tools, going forward.

Ah -- NPM.  Much is explained now.

I'd love to chat with you about the potential harm to the NPM ecosystem
from aggressive copyleft licensing, but that is not a discussion for
this list.

Unfortunately, this also raises the question of whether or not there is
part of the OSI mission or rules which would deter approving a license
which was specifically submitted as a way to fuel a dual-licensing
business model.  I don't personally know of one, but I also don't know
of a precedent for approving one.

--Josh