<div dir="ltr">Don't waste your time, Bradley. They were told not to listen to you, either. </div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Jan 1, 2020 at 6:29 PM Bradley M. Kuhn <<a href="mailto:bkuhn@ebb.org">bkuhn@ebb.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">I can't find an example when OSI approved a novel copyleft license that<br>
hadn't yet been used in practice and therefore had no track record of use<br>
for any FOSS project. It was once somewhat common for OSI to approve<br>
licenses that were used by only one entity, and most of those licenses were<br>
never used beyond the one project, and even most of those entities have<br>
deprecated those by now. (OSI also made a decision to cease considering<br>
such single-use licenses.) Rapid acceptance of a novel licenses, so far<br>
unused in practice, causes confusion in the FOSS community.<br>
<br>
Folks have shouted down Bruce as he wonders how Van's license will be used<br>
in practice. I think Bruce has made a useful point on this thread: as a<br>
general matter, it's relevant that we consider how the license impacts<br>
users' *and* software publishers' software freedoms in *practice*, not<br>
merely *in theory*.<br>
<br>
In that regard, I'd like to know if the project that plans to use this<br>
license will be inbound=outbound (i.e., is the entity that's promulgating<br>
this new license willing to bound themselves by the license terms)? Van,<br>
could you tell us, on behalf of your client (who appears to be the only<br>
potential licensor interested in this license), what their contribution<br>
plans are regarding this license? Are they planning to accept contributions<br>
under this license, and thus be bound by it for their FOSS projects?<br>
If not, why not?<br>
-- <br>
<br>
Bradley M. Kuhn - he/him<br>
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</blockquote></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Bruce Perens - Partner, <a href="http://OSS.Capital" target="_blank">OSS.Capital</a>.</div></div></div></div>