[License-review] moving to an issue tracker [was Re: Some notes for license submitters]

[Allison Randal]

Hi Kyle,

The intention is to wait for consensus, but then it won't always be
possible for everyone to entirely agree. I don't know the exact
circumstances you're thinking of, but sometimes there are dissenting
opinions, and so we consider all opinions in the review.

Keep in mind, that the ultimate responsibility of the board is to
determine whether a license satisfies the OSD. So, we aren't just
considering the opinions expressed on the list, we're also evaluating
those opinions against a defined standard.

I can't imagine there will ever be a time where the mailing list reaches
consensus to approve a license that doesn't satisfy the OSD, but if it
did, the board would still have to reject the license or request changes
before they could approve it.

Allison

On 06/19/2018 02:16 PM, Kyle Mitchell wrote:
> Allison,
> 
> Your note on board-requested changes was very welcome!
> Might the board also clarify _when_ it will consider a
> license and potentially issue requests or suggestions?
> 
> As far as I know, the board never considered L0-R.  I was
> told it would not, unless and until license-review achieved
> consensus.  For other submissions, the board seems to have
> taken a decision while discussion was ongoing.
> 
> Many thanks,
> 
> K
>