[License-review] Fwd: [Non-DoD Source] Resolution on NOSA 2.0

[Bruce Perens]

> Which makes it nugatory, but not therefore exceptionable, unless you can
show why it is a problem.

It's nugatory if it's strictly a copyright license. Not if it's a contract.
Licensees in the US would be joining in a contractual agreement regarding
public-domain material, restricting rights they would otherwise have by
default.

    Thanks

    Bruce

On Fri, Mar 2, 2018 at 8:07 PM, John Cowan <cowan at ccil.org> wrote:

>
>
> On Fri, Mar 2, 2018 at 10:27 PM, Bruce Perens <bruce at perens.com> wrote:
>
> If the language is limited to nations other than the United States, and
>> acknowledges that the work is acknowledged to be in the public domain
>> within the US, it would be acceptable. Right now, it purports to give US
>> citizens a permission we should not need.
>>
>> <http://lists.opensource.org/mailman/listinfo/license-review_lists.opensource.org>
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>
> Which makes it nugatory, but not therefore exceptionable, unless you can
> show why it is a problem.
>
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