<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">Date: Fri, 15 May 2020 14:27:28 +0100</div><div class=""><div class="">From: Simon Phipps <<a href="mailto:simon@webmink.com" class="">simon@webmink.com</a>><br class="">To: License submissions for OSI review<br class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><<a href="mailto:license-review@lists.opensource.org" class="">license-review@lists.opensource.org</a>><br class="">Subject: Re: [License-review] veto against Unlicence<br class=""><br class="">On Fri, May 15, 2020 at 1:34 PM Langley, Stuart <<a href="mailto:Stuart.Langley@disney.com" class="">Stuart.Langley@disney.com</a>><br class="">wrote:<br class=""><br class="">OSI has previously advised that "public domain" does not qualify as open<br class="">source because exactly this sort of issue, varying in scope and consequence<br class="">globally, prevents developers from being sure they have the necessary<br class="">rights without consulting another person first. See<br class=""><a href="https://opensource.org/node/878" class="">https://opensource.org/node/878</a><br class=""></div></div></blockquote><div><br class=""></div></div>Worth reminding that OSI simultaneously advises the opposite as well, see <a href="https://opensource.org/faq#public-domain" class="">https://opensource.org/faq#public-domain</a><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">As the FAQ states, it's complicated and depends, particularly for Gov’t works.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Cheers!</div><div class="">Sean</div><div class=""><br class=""></div></body></html>