[License-review] For Approval: Open Logistics License v1.2

[Andreas Nettsträter]

Dear License Review Team,

I would like to propose the Open Logistics License v1.2 for approval. This is a resubmission after a major revision of the Open Logistics License v1.0. We included most of the input we received from the first round of approval but also some comments from the license discussion list.

You can find the plain text copy of the license in the attachment and the requested additional information in the following. 

Rationale: 
This new license is intended to represent the rights and obligations of an established license, such as Apache v2, while respecting the differences between US and German law. The changes were mainly done in the paragraphs regarding warranty (limitation of the warranty to comply with legal requirements) and liability (intent cannot be excluded under German law).

Distinguish: 
The Open Logistics License is based on Apache v2 but has been modified to comply with German law (as a representative for "European" law). 

Legal review: 
The entire process of discussing and drafting the license was accompanied by a German law firm specialized in IT law and reviewed and approved by several in-house lawyers of larger European companies. The language and grammar were checked by native speakers with a background in law.

Proliferation category:
Our proposal would be: Special purpose license.

I'm happy to deliver more information and look forward to your comments. 

Regards from Germany
Andreas

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Andreas Nettsträter

Open Logistics Foundation 
Emil-Figge-Straße 80, 44227 Dortmund, Germany

mailto: andreas.nettstraeter at openlogisticsfoundation.org
https://www.openlogisticsfoundation.org/


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