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<div class="gmail_quote">From: License-review [license-review-bounces@lists.opensource.org] on behalf of Bruce Perens [bruce@perens.com]</div>
<div class="gmail_quote">Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2018 2:02 PM</div>
<div class="gmail_quote">To: License submissions for OSI review</div>
<div class="gmail_quote">Subject: Re: [License-review] [Non-DoD Source] Re: NOSA 2.0 and Government licensing [was: moving to an issue tracker [was Re: Some notes for license submitters]]</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jun 21, 2018 at 9:53 AM, Karan, Cem F CIV USARMY RDECOM ARL (US) <cem.f.karan.civ@mail.mil < Caution-mailto:cem.f.karan.civ@mail.mil > > wrote:</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote"><<Cutting out a bunch of other stuff, see prior messages>></div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">>> """</div>
<div class="gmail_quote">>> Amendment to LICENSE.txt: If any clause in the LICENSE.txt file is declared</div>
<div class="gmail_quote">>> unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, then that clause shall be</div>
<div class="gmail_quote">>> severed from the LICENSE.txt, and all other clauses shall remain in full </div>
<div class="gmail_quote">>> force.</div>
<div class="gmail_quote">>> """</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">> So, here is the already-OSI-approved language in the GPL version 2:</div>
<div class="gmail_quote">> </div>
<div class="gmail_quote">> If any portion of this section is held invalid or unenforceable under any</div>
<div class="gmail_quote">> particular circumstance, the balance of the section is intended to apply and</div>
<div class="gmail_quote">> the section as a whole is intended to apply in other circumstances.</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">>> 2) Can it be done? E.g., the Apache 2.0 license has an END OF TERMS AND </div>
<div class="gmail_quote">>> CONDITIONS line at the end; if I add in new text, then it isn't Apache 2.0</div>
<div class="gmail_quote">>> anymore. If I put it in a different file, can it be ignored because it is </div>
<div class="gmail_quote">>> after the end of terms and conditions?</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">> You are able to create an Apache license derivative with your chosen language.</div>
<div class="gmail_quote">> License text is functional, so not generally held to be subject to copyright.</div>
<div class="gmail_quote">> That's one of the reasons some licenses have preambles, because that can be</div>
<div class="gmail_quote">> copyrighted.</div>
<div class="gmail_quote">> </div>
<div class="gmail_quote">>> 3) If 1 & 2 are OK, would the USG accept it?</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">> The OSI? I don't see why not.</div>
<div class="gmail_quote">> </div>
<div class="gmail_quote">> Thanks</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">> Bruce</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">OK, so just to be ABSOLUTELY CLEAR, you would support this approach? I know</div>
<div class="gmail_quote">that you haven't seen the final language yet, so you can't state the you would</div>
<div class="gmail_quote">vote for it without seeing the final language, but you're not opposed to the</div>
<div class="gmail_quote">general idea of a meta-license or general purpose amendment that OSI would</div>
<div class="gmail_quote">approve for use with all OSI-approved licenses? If so, let me know ASAP, it</div>
<div class="gmail_quote">means that I need to start making a bunch of calls and getting things moving</div>
<div class="gmail_quote">on my end.</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">Thanks,</div>
<div class="gmail_quote">Cem Karan</div>
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