[License-review] A request for checking the review status of Mulan OWLs v1

[McCoy Smith]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: License-review <license-review-bounces at lists.opensource.org> On
> Behalf Of Josh Berkus
> Sent: Friday, August 11, 2023 9:47 AM
> To: License submissions for OSI review <license-
> review at lists.opensource.org>; Pamela Chestek
> <pamela.chestek at opensource.org>
> Subject: Re: [License-review] A request for checking the review status of
> Mulan OWLs v1
> 
> On 8/10/23 21:32, Pamela Chestek wrote:
> >
> > Is there agreement that these licenses are not appropriate subject
> > matter for OSI- approval, or are there some who disagree with that
> > statement?
> 
> I'm not ready to take on OSI developing a process and criteria for
approving
> content licenses this year.  I do think it's something we should consider
for
> the future ... in fact, should have done years ago ... but it's also going
to be a
> ginormous effort for someone.  FUrther discussion should move to license-
> discuss.
> 
> --
> Josh Berkus

Agree with Josh where this discussion should be.
I will note that the CERN licenses are designed for hardware, not software,
so I'm not sure that OSI is limited to just software (or primarily directed
to software) licenses.