[License-review] For Legacy Approval: OpenLDAP Public License

[Smith, McCoy]

>>From: License-review [mailto:license-review-bounces at lists.opensource.org] On Behalf Of Simon Phipps
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>>To my eyes the key difference is the updateability clause:

The OpenLDAP Foundation may revise this license from time to time.
Each revision is distinguished by a version number.  You may use this Software under terms of this license revision or under the terms of any subsequent revision of the license.

Yes, that is a substantive difference over BSD 3-clause.

I still find the language about conditions and disclaimers in Sec 2 to be confusing or redundant with Sec 3, although I will say that I find the text of Sec 3 an improvement over the language in BSD.  I’d suggest an improved version of this license would say in Secs 1 and 2:



1. Redistributions in source form must retain copyright statements and notices, and contain a verbatim copy of this document.



2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce applicable copyright statements and notices, and contain a verbatim copy of this document in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.



And that Sec 3 could be eliminated.



Given this is legacy approval (or updated approval, if the predecessor was previously approved), I’m not sure suggestions for improvement are part of the approval process, but given the license does have a subsequent revision clause, the maintainers might want to consider making one (as well as perhaps taking out the specific reference to OpenLDAP in favor of “the authors” to make it resuable).
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