[License-review] [External] Re: OSI License Submission - PPPL BSD-3

[Josh Berkus]

On 10/23/25 11:39 AM, sainslie at lbl.gov wrote:
> Hi. Not a problem. Was in use a few years before my time at LBNL (2015) 
> and was used by LBNL first. If it becomes more generic regarding the 
> copyright of the entity using it that’s fine by me. It would be nice if 
> it could still be called the LBNL BSD as it is a variant BSD first used 
> and created by LBNL.
> 

It's OSI practice to NOT rename licenses unless the original license 
steward requests it.  That's not being proposed.

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-- Josh Berkus
OSI Board Member