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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Anand Chowdhary wrote about the proposed Twente License:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>> ... </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>compliant with certain guidelines, primarily respecting privacy, human rights, and other European values</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Personally, I respect and admire those values. I wish that the US, with a different President and Congress, would pursue those values also!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>But compliance with values is the function of laws rather than a software license. We recognize that limitation in OSD #6 regarding the (somewhat ambiguous) "No Discrimination Against Fields of Endeavor". [1] Our governments adopt protective regulations about "values". (At least recently, Europe often does, the US doesn't as often.) But "privacy, human rights, and other ... values" are far more ambitious than software can protect with its mere open source licenses. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>By the way, please don't call them "European" values. We are in each country entitled to our own values.... That is why you can't restrict a license based on fields of endeavor or values.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>/Larry <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>[1] OSD # 6: </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#444444;background:#FCFCFC'>The license must not restrict anyone from making use of the program in a specific field of endeavor. For example, it may not restrict the program from being used in a business, or from being used for genetic research.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b>From:</b> License-review <license-review-bounces@lists.opensource.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Anand Chowdhary<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, February 5, 2019 1:05 PM<br><b>To:</b> license-review@lists.opensource.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [License-review] For Approval: Twente License<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p><div name=messageReplySection><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #1ABC9C 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 8.0pt;margin-left:3.75pt;margin-top:3.75pt;margin-right:3.75pt;margin-bottom:3.75pt'><div name=messageBodySection><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Name:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> Twente License<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Rationale:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> The MIT license is the most popular open-source license out there. It's used by millions of projects and helps the community by providing open access to code, so that developers can build on top of the hard work done by others. However, in light of recent events where companies are financially motivated to disregard individual privacy, developers should choose wisely who can use their intellectual property or codebases.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Distinguish: </span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Twente License is free and permissive—just like the MIT license—but it adds a clause where the end product in which Twente licensed code can be used has to be compliant with certain guidelines, primarily respecting privacy, human rights, and other European values.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Legal review:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> I’ve had a lawyer informally have a look, but no in-depth legal review has been conducted.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Proliferation category:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> Other/Miscellaneous licenses (5) <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Relevant links:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><a href="https://github.com/AnandChowdhary/twente-license">https://github.com/AnandChowdhary/twente-license</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><a href="https://twente.me/anand">https://twente.me/anand</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Please find attached the license in plain text.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div><div name=messageSignatureSection><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><br>Best, <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Anand Chowdhary <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Chief Executive Officer<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><a href="https://oswaldlabs.com">Oswald Labs</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>NL +31 644691056<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>IN +91 9555297989<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><a href="http://mailto:ceo@oswaldlabs.com">ceo@oswaldlabs.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></body></html>