<div dir="ltr"><div>Upgrade clauses should not mean automatic OSI acceptance. I would think that an accepted predecessor should strongly bias the analysis toward acceptance, but should not guarantee it. Even for NGOs/nonprofits.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Van</div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Aug 19, 2019 at 3:05 PM Josh Berkus <<a href="mailto:josh@berkus.org">josh@berkus.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On 8/16/19 2:10 PM, Brendan Hickey wrote:<br>
> <br>
> We should regard upgrade clauses skeptically, particularly when the<br>
> license steward is the only user of the license. This language could be<br>
> used to generate a proprietary fork if the steward saw fit. The GPL at<br>
> least claims that revisions will be in the spirit of the original, AGPL<br>
> linking clause notwithstanding.<br>
<br>
I don't think that's significantly different. "in the spirit" is<br>
subjectively interpretatable, and can mean whatever the issuing entity<br>
wants it to mean.<br>
<br>
One key to this license, though, is that it really doesn't make sense<br>
without a nonprofit foundation as the issuing entity. I think that's<br>
something we can assert for all updatability clauses, really. With<br>
NGOs, we can generally trust the original NGO to have the public<br>
interest at heart. With individuals & for-profit corporations, we<br>
really can't.<br>
<br>
Now, we can't enforce that except via notes on the license at<br>
<a href="http://opensource.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">opensource.org</a>, of course.<br>
<br>
-- <br>
Josh Berkus<br>
<br>
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