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

[Kyle Mitchell]

Mike,

Thanks for chiming in.  We should grab another bite in
Oakland sometime soon.

On 2017-10-29 12:10, Mike Linksvayer wrote:
> It's OSD conformant, and if it's not, the OSD could use some clarification.

Very grateful for the good word.

In the spirit of leaving a helpful record behind, I must
admit I'm still not sure where the OSD 6 and OSD 9 lines
were.  I hope others will agree that this new language has
come back within bounds.  I tried to follow Bruce and
McCoy's directions to get it there.  But I couldn't say
where I crossed back into Open Source territory.

I've reread a number of e-mails from Richard, McCoy, and
Bruce again today.  Perhaps their message is one I just
can't get through the medium of the mailing list.  More
practically, perhaps OSI needn't clarify any more than
necessary to decide on L0-R, for now.

I'm overdue for coffee-or-a-meal with more than a few folks
on this list.  First order of business will be thanks.  But
after that, if anyone would like to talk me through their
view, I'd be happy to report back to the list with a
summary.  First for a cross-check, to make sure I listened
well.  Then for posterity.

> I doubt OSI approval is really all that important for the success of LZ
> though -- approval or not, surely this license will join AGPL on lists like
> https://opensource.google.com/docs/thirdparty/licenses/#banned approval --
> which presumably is taken into account in your theory of how to maximize
> dual-licensing opportunity.

OSI approval remains a very important objective for L0-R,
over and above OSD conformance.  Coders I speak to who want
an L0-R-like license want to call their work "open source"
with pride, and see it recognized as such.  I've borne some
bad news about universal preeminence of OSI in that identity
politics here on the list.  But I'm here because _I_ care.

In my mind, L0-R needed to come through this process, and I
needed to contribute whatever I could along the way.  And
not only, or primarily, for License Zero.  Fundamentally,
L0-R asks questions about the Definition.  Questions that
seemed to belong here.

Best,

K

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