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

[sainslie at lbl.gov]

Ok. Let's leave the name as is then.

Thank you.

Sebastian


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-----Original Message-----
From: Josh Berkus <josh.berkus at opensource.org> 
Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2025 11:48 AM
To: sainslie at lbl.gov; 'Chris Wright' <cwright at pppl.gov>
Cc: 'License submissions for OSI review' <license-review at lists.opensource.org>; 'Richard Fontana' <rfontana at redhat.com>; 'Will Rarich' <wrarich at pppl.gov>; 'J Lovejoy' <opensource at jilayne.com>
Subject: Re: [External] Re: [License-review] OSI License Submission - PPPL BSD-3

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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