[License-review] Some notes for license submitters

[Richard Fontana]

The board last voted on a license approval at the most recent board meeting
in May, for which minutes haven't been published yet. I have to post a
long-overdue update as well as a status report on submitted licenses. My
apologies, Nigel and everyone else!

Richard




On Wed, Jun 13, 2018 at 1:35 PM, Tzeng, Nigel H. <Nigel.Tzeng at jhuapl.edu>
wrote:

> It strikes me that there's no real reason for the rest of us to bother
> being here if the "old hands" decide what to do regardless of the consensus
> of the list.  Evidently any license submission can be delayed indefinitely.
>
> There appears there is no opportunity for compromise on even special
> purpose licenses that replace existing license and the process is very
> opaque.
>
> When did the board last vote on licenses?  What were the results?  When
> will it vote next?  What is the recommendation presented to the board from
> the Review List?  Is the dissenting view still presented?  No clue.
>
> There was a time when it felt like consensus from all parts of the
> community was valued and the board took into account the recommendation of
> the entire list and not just a select few.  GOSS is a growth area for OSS
> but the opinions of GOSS developers on the needs of the GOSS community is,
> in my opinion, largely ignored here.
>
> From Bruce's comments there is now a license review committee?
>
> ObDis:  These are my personal opinions.
>
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