[License-review] Approval: Blue Oak Model License 1.0.0

McCoy Smith mccoy at lexpan.law
Mon May 16 18:28:30 UTC 2022


For some reason, submitter did respond recently, but only directly to me (and not on all the points I raised).

Since I think responses need to go to the whole list for consideration, I’d suggest submitter respond to the whole list or be deemed non responsive.

> On May 16, 2022, at 6:39 AM, Pamela Chestek <pamela.chestek at opensource.org> wrote:
> 
> Dear Mr. Rawes,
> 
> Since you have not responded to this email pointing out that further information is require for a license submission, we will assume that you have lost interest in having the license considered. In that case, the OSI will consider it withdrawn. If that is not your intention, please respond to this email with the missing information.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Pamela Chestek
> Chair, License Committee
> Open Source Initiative
> 
>> On 3/20/2022 10:45 PM, McCoy Smith wrote:
>> You've only included a copy of the license text, but have not completed the other questions that you're supposed to complete when submitting a license for approval, which can be found here:
>> 
>> https://opensource.org/approval
>> 
>> Rationale: Clearly state rationale for a new license
>> Distinguish: Compare to and contrast with the most similar OSI-approved license(s)
>> Legal review: Describe any legal review the license has been through, and provide results of any legal analysis if available
>> Proliferation category: Recommend which license proliferation category is appropriate
>> 
>> [FWIW, I think the Legal Review has been done already by the Blue Oak Council, which is composed of 3 lawyers, Kyle Mitchell, Heather Meeker & Luis Villa. Are you submitting on behalf of them?]
>> 
>> I think any review of this license should be suspended at least until those questions are answered.
>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: License-review <license-review-bounces at lists.opensource.org> On
>>> Behalf Of MrRawes via License-review
>>> Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2022 2:17 PM
>>> To: license-review at lists.opensource.org
>>> Cc: MrRawes <MrRawes at protonmail.com>
>>> Subject: [License-review] Approval: Blue Oak Model License 1.0.0
>>> 
>>> Approval request for "Blue Oak Model License 1.0.0"
>>> https://blueoakcouncil.org/license/1.0.0
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