[License-review] Encouraging discussion around the technicalities of licensing

[Christopher Sean Morrison]

Martijn,

Welcome!  Thank you for sharing your perspective.

Cheers,
Sean


> Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2019 10:03:51 +0000
> From: Martijn Verburg <martijnverburg at gmail.com>
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> Subject: [License-review] Encouraging discussion around the
>    technicalities of licensing
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> Hi all,
> 
> *Background Disclaimer* - I sit on a fair number of industry body boards,
> community groups, steering committees etc around the Java ecosystem - so
> I'm biased in how I perceive communication.
> 
> I?m a newcomer to this list and I?ve mostly been in ?read-only? mode so I
> can figure out what the list norms are. There is one aspect that I feel as
> a collective we could do a little better on, I'll try to explain below.
> 
> I?ve seen some really excellent messages and threads clearly explaining why
> a license proposal fails a particular OSD clause. It?s been truly
> insightful stuff and it's the sort of communication that really makes the
> OSI stand out as an entity!
> 
> I?ve also seen quite a fair bit of emotive/hostile language used, even
> against folks who are new here and come in good faith (yes I feel we should
> assume good faith in the first instance). I understand why OSS licensing
> and discussions around software freedoms bring out strong feelings, these
> topics *matter* and have far-reaching impacts on our industry and even
> (dare I say it) our society as a whole.
> 
> I?d very much like to see the OSI continue to be held in high regard, whose
> members defend the OSD principles with reasoned arguments and even offer
> guidance to license authors on how they can meet those principles. I think
> if we focus on that in this list we'll get better long term results for the
> OSI and the defense of the OSD clauses.
> 
> Right, now that I've committed the mailing list sin of the newcomer telling
> everyone how to behave.... :-) - I'll happily take
> comments/questions/feedback and even some sticks and stones ;-).
> 
> Cheers,
> Martijn

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