[License-review] New License for review: ADVPL 1.0

Josh Berkus josh at berkus.org
Tue Sep 10 00:11:25 UTC 2024


On 9/5/24 09:50, Eric Schultz wrote:
> Some people on this list have expressed that some non-operative 
> preambles could preclude a license from being OSD compliant. I don't 
> think I agree with that conclusion but you should be aware of that.

Seems unlikely?  That might require us to rule the GPL as non-compliant, 
and I'm for sure not going there.

The only way I can see a preamble as an OSD violation is if it 
*appeared* to contain conditions.  The 7 tenets here would not qualify, 
they don't obligate the recipient to do anything.

-- 
Josh Berkus



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