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Dear License Review List:<br>
<br>
Below is the recommendation of the License Review Committee that the
Berkeley Artistic License V5 not be approved as an OSI-Approved
license, to be voted on at the next Board meeting.<br>
<br>
Best regards,<br>
<br>
Pamela S. Chestek <br>
Chair, Licensing Committee <br>
Open Source Initiative<br>
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License: Berkeley Artistic License V5 (Exhibit A)<br>
Submitted: October 5, 2024,
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Decision date: due no later than the first Board meeting after
December 5, 2024<br>
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<u>License Review Committee Recommendation: </u><br>
<br>
Resolved that it is the opinion of the OSI that the Berkeley
Artistic License V5 does not conform to the OSD and assure software
freedom and the license is therefore not approved.<br>
<br>
<u>Rationale Document</u><br>
<br>
Reasons for withholding approval: All comments on the license were
negative, pointing out various interpretation problems with its
drafting. The title was also criticized, since it is not a license
associated with Berkeley or derived from the Artistic License, so
the title is deceptive. Finally, the license submitter agreed that a
revision was advisable, stating “Your concerns about paragraph two
are valid but I believe that only requires an alteration of
paragraph 1 or 2”; however, the license submitter only solicited
others to revise the license and did not submit an amended version
of the license. <br>
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<i>Exhibit A</i><br>
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The Berkeley Artistic License<br>
I: Metadata<br>
<br>
Project:(project name here)<br>
<br>
Project Developer:(developer or team name here)<br>
<br>
Original Project Name: (This and the following line may be deleted
if not applicable,these are both used to ascribe an origin point)<br>
<br>
Original Project Developer: (This and the previous line may be
deleted if not applicable, these are both used to ascribe an origin
point)<br>
<br>
Contributors: (list of contributors and contributions separated by
semicolons.)<br>
<br>
II: Definitions<br>
<br>
Standard Version: The project which is the basis for modified
versions, also known as upstream.<br>
<br>
Modified Versions: versions of the source code distributed by the
project that have been modified, which can be distributed as
executables, downstream.<br>
<br>
The Software refers to the project, which is a collection of files
distributed by the Project Developer, the "Standard Version", and
derivatives of that collection of files created through modification
of the source code, the "Modified Version".<br>
<br>
III: License Terms<br>
<br>
1. You may make and give away verbatim copies of the source form of
the Standard Version of this Software without restriction, provided
that you duplicate all of the original copyright notices, this
license, and associated disclaimers.<br>
<br>
<br>
2. You may apply bug fixes, portability fixes and other
modifications from the Project Developer or other developers
(including yourself) to enable this software to work with modern
tools, new hardware, new operating systems, etc. A Software modified
in such a way may still be considered the Standard Version.<br>
<br>
<br>
3. You may otherwise modify your copy of this Software in any way,
provided that your modifications use this same license or do not
distribute the resulting code.<br>
<br>
<br>
4. You may choose to add your name to the contributors list, to
allow the Project Developer to credit you for your modifications in
the Standard Version of the Software.<br>
<br>
<br>
5. You may distribute your modified copy of this Software in
executable form, provided that you make it clear that your
distribution of this code is modified, provide a copy of this
license, and provide a method to obtain both the source of the
Standard Version and the source of your Modified Version. You must
also modify your license to point to this project as the origin
point, labeling your modified version as a the project, moving any
prior origin point to be the primary contributor.<br>
<br>
<br>
6. You may distribute this Software, with or without fee, provided
that you do not advertise the Standard Version of this Software as a
product of your own.<br>
<br>
<br>
7. Neither the name of the project nor the name, username, handle,
etc, of the project developer or contributors may be used to endorse
or promote products derived from this software without specific
prior written permission.<br>
<br>
<br>
8. THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL
WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED
WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM 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>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10/5/2024 3:43 AM, Lucy Brown via
License-review wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:Mime4j.2.5807ff285d12e3fe.1925c474383@imap.gmail.com">
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This is a submission of Berkeley Artistic License v5.
<div dir="auto">This is a “New” License that was made as a means
of creating a more legible, correct, and up to date variation of
Artistic License V1, that has been conformed to my personal
interpretation of the BSD, (Berkeley), style. It differs from
BSD-4 and Artistic v2 in that it is not re-licensable and it is
copyleft rather than permissive. It differs from GPL in that
it's short, Clear, and accessible and it contains Metadata to
credit developers within the license.</div>
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<div dir="auto">This license has the following features:
Copyleft;</div>
<div dir="auto">No Attribution by default;</div>
<div dir="auto">Contributors listed in the license itself.</div>
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</div>
<div dir="auto">The license template follows:</div>
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<div dir="auto"><br>
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<div>The Berkeley Artistic License </div>
<div dir="auto">I: Metadata </div>
<div dir="auto">Project:(project name here)</div>
<div dir="auto">Project Developer:(developer or team name here)</div>
<div dir="auto">Original Project Name: (This and the following
line may be deleted if not applicable,these are both used to
ascribe an origin point) </div>
<div dir="auto">Original Project Developer: (This and the
previous line may be deleted if not applicable, these are both
used to ascribe an origin point)</div>
<div dir="auto">Contributors: (list of contributors and
contributions separated by semicolons.)</div>
<div dir="auto"><br>
</div>
<div dir="auto">II: Definitions</div>
<div dir="auto">Standard Version: The project which is the basis
for modified versions, also known as upstream.</div>
<div dir="auto">Modified Versions: versions of the source code
distributed by the project that have been modified, which can
be distributed as executables, downstream.</div>
<div dir="auto">The Software refers to the project, which is a
collection of files distributed by the Project Developer, the
"Standard Version", and derivatives of that collection of
files created through modification of the source code, the
"Modified Version".</div>
<div dir="auto"><br>
</div>
<div dir="auto">III: License Terms</div>
<div dir="auto">1. You may make and give away verbatim copies of
the source form of the Standard Version of this Software
without restriction, provided that you duplicate all of the
original copyright notices, this license, and associated
disclaimers.</div>
<div dir="auto"><br>
</div>
<div dir="auto">2. You may apply bug fixes, portability fixes
and other modifications from the Project Developer or other
developers (including yourself) to enable this software to
work with modern tools, new hardware, new operating systems,
etc. A Software modified in such a way may still be considered
the Standard Version.</div>
<div dir="auto"><br>
</div>
<div dir="auto">3. You may otherwise modify your copy of this
Software in any way, provided that your modifications use this
same license or do not distribute the resulting code.</div>
<div dir="auto"><br>
</div>
<div dir="auto">4. You may choose to add your name to the
contributors list, to allow the Project Developer to credit
you for your modifications in the Standard Version of the
Software.</div>
<div dir="auto"><br>
</div>
<div dir="auto">5. You may distribute your modified copy of this
Software in executable form, provided that you make it clear
that your distribution of this code is modified, provide a
copy of this license, and provide a method to obtain both the
source of the Standard Version and the source of your Modified
Version. You must also modify your license to point to this
project as the origin point, labeling your modified version as
a the project, moving any prior origin point to be the primary
contributor.</div>
<div dir="auto"><br>
</div>
<div dir="auto">6. You may distribute this Software, with or
without fee, provided that you do not advertise the Standard
Version of this Software as a product of your own.</div>
<div dir="auto"><br>
</div>
<div dir="auto">7. Neither the name of the project nor the name,
username, handle, etc, of the project developer or
contributors may be used to endorse or promote products
derived from this software without specific prior written
permission.</div>
<div dir="auto"><br>
</div>
<div dir="auto">8. THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE
AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE
INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND
FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY
SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY
DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM 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.</div>
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following link.</div>
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