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    Thank you Ariel!<br>
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    Pam<br>
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    <div class="moz-signature">Pamela S. Chestek
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      Chair, Licensing Committee
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      Open Source Initiative<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10/7/2024 7:00 AM, Ariel Jolo wrote:<br>
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      <div dir="ltr">Hi all,
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        <div>This license page is now available at <a
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        <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Oct 5, 2024 at 7:09 PM
          Pamela Chestek <<a
            href="mailto:pamela.chestek@opensource.org"
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          wrote:<br>
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            <p>All,<br>
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            <p>At its Board meeting on September 20, 2024, the Board
              adopted the recommendation of the License Review Committee
              and <i>approved </i>the MIT-CMU License as an Open
              Source Initiative Certified License.<br>
              <br>
              Pamela Chestek<br>
              Chair, License Committee<br>
              Open Source Initiative <br>
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            <div>On 9/13/2024 9:58 PM, Pamela Chestek wrote:<br>
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              <p>All,<br>
                <br>
                Below is the recommendation of the License Committee
                that the MIT-CMU License be approved as an Open Source
                Initiative Certified license. The Board will vote on the
                license at the next Board meeting, scheduled for
                September 20.<br>
                <br>
                Please respond to this email if you have any comments or
                questions.<br>
                <br>
                Pamela Chestek<br>
                Chair, License Committee<br>
                Open Source Initiative <br>
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              <p>=============</p>
              <p>License: MIT-CMU License (Exhibit A)<br>
                Submitted: June 14, 2024, <a
href="https://lists.opensource.org/pipermail/license-review_lists.opensource.org/2024-June/005479.html"
                  target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
                  class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://lists.opensource.org/pipermail/license-review_lists.opensource.org/2024-June/005479.html</a><br>
                Decision date: due no later than the first Board meeting
                after August 13, 2024<br>
                <br>
                License Review Committee Recommendation: <br>
                <br>
                <i>Resolved that it is the opinion of the OSI that the
                  MIT-CMU License be approved as an Open Source
                  Initiative Certified license in the Redundant with
                  More Popular category of licenses.<br>
                </i><br>
                <u>Rationale Document</u><br>
                <br>
                Notes: It is a simple license that grants full rights to
                use the software without any restrictions. There were no
                comments that this license did not meet the OSD or that
                it was not acceptable for any other reason. <br>
                <br>
                <u>Exhibit A</u><br>
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                <copyright notice><br>
                By obtaining, using, and/or copying this software and/or
                its associated documentation, you agree that you have
                read, understood, and will comply with the following
                terms and conditions:<br>
                <br>
                Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this
                software and its associated documentation for any
                purpose and without fee is hereby granted, provided that
                the above copyright notice appears in all copies, and
                that both that copyright notice and this permission
                notice appear in supporting documentation, and that the
                name of the copyright holder not be used in advertising
                or publicity pertaining to distribution of the software
                without specific, written prior permission.<br>
                <br>
                THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES WITH REGARD
                TO THIS SOFTWARE, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
                MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
                COPYRIGHT HOLDER BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR
                CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER
                RESULTING FROM THE LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER
                IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS
                ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR
                PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.<br>
                <br>
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              <div>On 6/14/2024 9:03 AM, Jeffrey Clark wrote:<br>
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                  <div>Hello OSI folks,<br>
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                  <div>Would it be possible to add the legacy "MIT-CMU"
                    license to the OSI approved licenses list so Python
                    Pillow (Python Imaging Library fork) project can
                    update its license to MIT-CMU, which we now consider
                    "more correct" than HPND, details here:</div>
                  <ul>
                    <li><a
                        href="https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/issues/7942"
                        target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
                        class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/issues/7942</a></li>
                  </ul>
                  And here's the text of the license according to SPDX:<br>
                  <ul>
                    <li><a href="https://spdx.org/licenses/MIT-CMU.html"
                        target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
                        class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://spdx.org/licenses/MIT-CMU.html</a></li>
                  </ul>
                  Thank you for considering,<br>
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                        <div><font size="2">Alex</font></div>
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                        <div><font size="2">---<br>
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                        <div><font size="2"><b>Jeffrey A. Clark</b></font></div>
                        <div><font size="2"><a
                              href="https://python-pillow.org"
                              target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">Python
                              Pillow</a> Creator<br>
                          </font></div>
                        <div><font size="2"><a href="https://aclark.net"
                              target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">ACLARK.NET,
                              LLC</a> President<br>
                          </font></div>
                        <div><font size="2"><a
                              href="https://dcpython.org"
                              target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">DC
                              Python</a> Executive Director<br>
                          </font></div>
                        <div><font size="2">Let's <a
                              href="https://blog.tidelift.com/pay-the-maintainers"
                              target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">Pay
                              the Maintainers</a> ✨<br>
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