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Dear License Review List:<br>
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At its Board meeting on December 20, 2024, the Board voted on the
recommendation of the License Review Committee and declined to
accept the Adversary Public License 1.0 as an OSI-Approved License.<br>
<br>
Pamela S. Chestek<br>
Chair, Licensing Committee<br>
Open Source Initiative<br>
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On 11/18/2024 8:33 PM, Pamela Chestek wrote:<br>
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<p>Dear License-review,</p>
<p>Below is the recommendation of the License Committee that the
Adversary Public License not be approved. The Board is scheduled
to vote on the license at its next Board meeting.</p>
<p>Pam<br>
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<p>Pamela S. Chestek<br>
Chair, License Committee<br>
Open Source Initiative</p>
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<p>License: Adversary Public License 1.0 (Exhibit A)<br>
Submitted: September 4, 2024,
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Decision date: due no later than the first Board meeting after
November 4, 2024<br>
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License Review Committee Recommendation: <br>
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<i>Resolved that it is the opinion of the OSI that the Adversary
Public License 1.0 does not conform to the OSD and assure
software freedom and the license is therefore not approved.</i><i><br>
</i><i>Rationale Document</i><i><br>
</i><br>
Reasons for withholding approval: The license is the MIT license
with seven additional conditions that the license submitter
refers to as “<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://lists.opensource.org/pipermail/license-review_lists.opensource.org/2024-September/005512.html">tenets
from the Temple of Satan</a>.” When stated and construed as
conditions, they make the license impossible to apply and
potentially violate several of the elements of the Open Source
Definition. As explained by <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://lists.opensource.org/pipermail/license-review_lists.opensource.org/2024-September/005514.html">one
reviewer</a>:<br>
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If the intended condition is that the recipient of the license
must *believe* these tenets in order to obtain a valid license,
that's obviously non-free, and should be interpreted as an OSD#5
violation.<br>
<br>
If the intended condition is that the recipient may only *use*
the software in accordance with these tenets, we run straight
into OSD#6 problems. For example, one tenet talks about "the
freedom to offend". This could be (mis?-)interpreted to forbid
the use of the software in an online moderation context. In any
case, the tenets are too vague to clearly express what actions
are forbidden or required, and that's bad for an Open Source
license.<br>
<br>
There was some discussion that moving the tenants to a
non-operative preamble would correct the deficiency. However,
the remainder of the license is the MIT license and, if the
license was submitted with the tenants moved to non-operative
text, it should be considered redundant and rejected as such.<br>
<br>
Exhibit A<br>
The Adversary Public License<br>
Copyright <YEAR> <COPYRIGHT HOLDER><br>
<br>
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person
obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation
files (the “Software”), to deal in the Software without
restriction, including without limitation the rights to use,
copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or
sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following
conditions:<br>
<br>
One should strive to act with compassion and empathy toward all
creatures in accordance with reason.<br>
The struggle for justice is an ongoing and necessary pursuit
that should prevail over laws and institutions.<br>
One's body is inviolable, subject to one's own will alone.<br>
The freedoms of others should be respected, including the
freedom to offend. To willfully and unjustly encroach upon the
freedoms of another is to forgo one's own.<br>
Beliefs should conform to one's best scientific understanding of
the world. One should take care never to distort scientific
facts to fit one's beliefs.<br>
People are fallible. If one makes a mistake, one should do one's
best to rectify it and resolve any harm that might have been
caused.<br>
Every tenet is a guiding principle designed to inspire nobility
in action and thought. The spirit of compassion, wisdom, and
justice should always prevail over the written or spoken word.<br>
<br>
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.<br>
<br>
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED “AS IS”, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES
OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT
HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY,
WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR
OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 9/4/2024 9:45 AM, Ω Alisson wrote:<br>
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<div>In accordance with the <a
href="http://opensource.org/approval"
moz-do-not-send="true">License Review Process</a>, I'd
like to submit for review the Adversary Public License 1.0
(ADVPL), which is composed of the MIT license text + 7
tenets from the Temple of Satan. It complies with all terms
of the Open Source Definition, the suggested tag is ADVPL.
Currently no significant projects use it, although there is
intent once it's approved.<br>
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