[License-review] [Non-DoD Source] Re: NOSA 2.0 and Government licensing [was: moving to an issue tracker [was Re: Some notes for license submitters]]

[Bruce Perens]

On Thu, Jun 21, 2018 at 11:56 AM, Karan, Cem F CIV USARMY RDECOM ARL (US) <
cem.f.karan.civ at mail.mil> wrote:

>
> OK, so just to be ABSOLUTELY CLEAR, you would support this approach?
>

Cem,

I've just pointed out that you can create a license derivative
incorporating your own text. This would be preferred.

However, I believe that a license addendum by the copyright holder adding
ONLY severability would be a permissible addition to any Open Source
license. OSI does not have an approval process for license addenda, but
they know such things exist, for example the addendum that Linus made to
the GPL on the Linux kernel. If it has to be an addendum rather than a
license derivative, OK, I will support that. I would also support an Apache
derivative incorporating the text, and would say this is preferable.

Hey, if this is all it takes to get government Open Source going, let's
have a party and I'm buying the beer.

    Thanks

    Bruce
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