[License-review] License review

Kevin P. Fleming lists.osi-license-review at kevin.km6g.us
Wed May 22 10:17:06 UTC 2024


On Wed, May 15, 2024, at 08:39, Setup Tooling Legal Team wrote:
> Greetings everyone,
> 
> I'd like to get a new license approve,
> this license is complying with the OSD.
> 
> the difference made is a restriction to use or better said no use in closed-source software.

These two statements are conflicting; the OSD prohibits usage restrictions, and this license includes a usage restriction.

If your goal is to ensure that the covered software will always be distributed in a form which includes its source code, and that any application including it is also distributed in source code form, you can use any of the already-approved 'copyleft' licenses.
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