<div dir="auto" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 14px;"><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Hi. Thanks for the answer.</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">For the first part:</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Sorry, I misunderstood you. Yes, you worded it correctly and that effect is intended.</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt; but assuming that the license has copyright protection</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt; &nbsp;You don't control the right to make modification, you control the fact that people cannot modify it AND call it tiwaz, assuming you have such right -- under common law, de facto, trademarks you probably have it. Therefore, 10.1 + 10.3 sounds misleading, as it appears that the permission is given by the steward, which by and large it is not.</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&lt;not providing the full citations as they will take too much space in the message&gt;</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Thanks, I get your point. The possibility that Mozilla has some form of copyright over MPL is something I didn't even consider. I will make the changes to the draft if required. As of now, I added the 'Exhibit B - Acknowledgements and Relationship to MPL-2.0'.</div><div contenteditable="false" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&nbsp;</span></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><hr id="previousmessagehr" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; user-select: none;"><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">From</strong>: "Carlo Piana" &lt;carlo@piana.eu&gt;<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Sent</strong>: 5/29/25 10:36 AM<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">To</strong>: "me@loncothad.cc" &lt;me@loncothad.cc&gt;, License submissions for OSI review &lt;license-review@lists.opensource.org&gt;<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Subject</strong>: Re: [License-review] Request for OSI Approval: Tiwaz License, version 1.0 (New License)<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></span></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">answering with license-review in the loop</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">----- Messaggio originale -----</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt; Da: "Loncothad" &lt;me@loncothad.cc&gt;</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt; A: "Carlo Piana" &lt;carlo@piana.eu&gt;</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt; Inviato: Mercoledì, 28 maggio 2025 18:23:07</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt; Oggetto: Re: [License-review] Request for OSI Approval: Tiwaz License, version 1.0 (New License)</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt; Hi.</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; If I understand correctly, the main difference with MPL is the avoidance of the</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt; &gt; license compatibility of the license.</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt; My goal is for the Tiwaz License to be compatible with permissive licenses.</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt; While it omits the specific GPL-compatibility mechanism found in MPL 2.0 (the</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt; 'Secondary License' provisions), I would not characterize the overall license</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt; as aiming for 'avoidance of license compatibility' generally. The intent is</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt; rather to offer a different compatibility profile by simplifying this specific</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt; aspect, which means it will not have the same direct compatibility pathway with</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt; strong copyleft licenses like the GPL for combined works that MPL 2.0's</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt; secondary licensing allows. This specific difference is indeed an intended</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt; effect.</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">No, wait.</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">I think you are discussing it in reverse. The way MPL compatibility works is to permit a secondary license when the work is combined, which is relevant only when a strong copyleft license is involved. The file, and derivatives thereto, remain MPL when separated, while it permits to be included in GPL works, making it inbound compatible with GPL (as it becomes GPL itself).</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Including or absent the re-licensing provisions, the MPL is already compatible with non copyleft and weak copyleft licenses. You are just removing the ability to be compatible with the *GPL family, as some have pointed out (see the removed 1.12 section), the rest is unaffected. Which is already expressly possible under the MPL v. 2.0. Therefore, my take is the only goal your license can purport to have is to replicate the same mechanism of the MPL, only making compatibility not an option for the copyright holder.</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">The other major effect is to remove the "any later version" provision in the MPL, which is a legitimate choice and I won't fuss about it. There are different views on this kind of provisions.</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; Coming to a technical analysis, while by substantially reusing MPL would lessen</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; the burden of reviewing any single sintagma of the license, I am not sure</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; 10.1-10.3 is legit. In the original version, OK, but I think you should retain</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; the original disclaimer of Mozilla (the author and ostensibly copyright holder</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; of the license) and if anything *add* a requirement to distinguish from your</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; derivative version of the license, by claiming -- I guess -- some kind of</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; trademark protection over the name to avoid confusion. This would be consistent</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt; &gt; with 10.3 of the MPL. I would check with them they are ok with it.</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt; I understand that names like 'Tiwaz' are typically protected by trademark law</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt; rather than copyright. The primary intent of Section 10 of the Tiwaz License</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt; (particularly 10.1 defining the steward, and 10.3 regarding modified versions</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt; which require renaming and removal of steward references) is to maintain the</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt; integrity and clear identity of the official 'Tiwaz License, version 1.0' as</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt; published by its steward. This approach is consistent with the principles in</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt; MPL 2.0 Section 10.3, which also requires that modified versions of the MPL 2.0</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt; be distinguished. Also, from my understanding, it would at least help to OSI to</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt; stop the approval of the similarly-named license that has nothing to do with</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt; the Tiwaz Project (so, avoid confusion like in cases of 0BSD vs BSD family and</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt; MIT-0 vs MIT).</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Yes, but it is not a work of yours. One thing is removing any confusion with the fact that this is an original MPL, and therefore the stewardship thing is ok, but assuming that the license has copyright protection (won't discuss that), the right to conditionally permitting modifications belongs to the Mozilla Foundation under copyright.</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; if you rename the license and remove any references to the name of the license</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt; &gt; steward (except to note that such modified license differs from this License).</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt; "you may create and use a modified version of this License if you rename the</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt; license and remove any references to the name of the license steward (except to</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt; note that such modified license differs from this License)."</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt; From my understanding, to address your point, I shall add the information notice</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt; in the form of the "Exhibit B - Acknowledgement" where I specify that the Tiwaz</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt; License Version 1.0 is a derivative of the MPL but has is not directly</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt; connected in any way, though the form of the acknowledgement is not defined in</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt; the MPL and it's already given in the README file attached to the repo.</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">I am not sure I have been clear enough when explaining my concerns. In this license, you are permitting things on a work of authorship,while that right to permit does not belong to you under copyright. MPL does to MPL, you are doing it to any part that would be protected by copyright, if any (I submit: none, judging from the diff McCoy has offered). You don't control the right to make modification, you control the fact that people cannot modify it AND call it tiwaz, assuming you have such right -- under common law, de facto, trademarks you probably have it. Therefore, 10.1 + 10.3 sounds misleading, as it appears that the permission is given by the steward, which by and large it is not.</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Then again, it is not up to me to invoke the exclusive rights of the Mozilla Foundation, I only flag the issue for this and for possible further submissions. I have probably committed the same mistake when I submitted the infamous MXM license back in 2009. Although the authors had paid a bit more of care, back then:</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt; 6.3. Derivative Works</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt; This license is derived from, but has many differences from, the Mozilla Public</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt; License version 1.1. If You create or use a modified version of this License</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt; (which you may only do in order to apply it to code which is not already</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt; Covered Code governed by this License), You must (a) rename Your license so</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt; that the phrases "Mozilla", "MOZILLAPL", "MOZPL", "Netscape", "MPL", "NPL",</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt; "MPEG", "MXM Public License", "MPEG MXM" or any confusingly similar phrase do</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt; not appear in your license (except to note that your license differs from this</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt; License) and (b) otherwise make it clear that Your version of the license</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt; contains terms which differ from the MXM Public License, Mozilla Public License</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt; and Netscape Public License. (Filling in the name of the Initial Developer,</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt; Original Code or Contributor in the notice described in Exhibit A shall not of</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt; themselves be deemed to be modifications of this License.)</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Apart from poor English, and apart from the rightful rejection, that is perhaps a better starting point.</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Cheers</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Carlo</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt; From : "Carlo Piana" &lt;carlo@piana.eu&gt;</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt; Sent : 5/28/25 11:55 AM</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt; To : "me@loncothad.cc" &lt;me@loncothad.cc&gt;, License submissions for OSI review</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt; &lt;license-review@lists.opensource.org&gt;</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt; Subject : Re: [License-review] Request for OSI Approval: Tiwaz License, version</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt; 1.0 (New License)</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt; If I understand correctly, the main difference with MPL is the avoidance of the</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt; license compatibility of the license.</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt; While I believe that the license compatibility is indeed a good feature of the</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt; MPL that makes it one of the most viable licenses in the file-level copyleft</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt; realm, and possibly the best, this is obviously a matter of personal preference</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt; and my disagreement with the criticism should not fetter the discussion of the</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt; technical choice.</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt; May I point out, however, that the license compatibility can be opted out,</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt; removing at least in part the rationale for putting forward this license.</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt; Admittedly, the way the opt out is done is not clear and I have seen bad and</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt; confusing strict uses that required interaction with the owner of the project,</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt; but this is more a matter of poor use of the licensing statement than a flaw of</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt; MPL.</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt; Therefore, I believe this license scores negative points in terms of</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt; proliferation. See also the remarks in the last paragraph.</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt; Coming to a technical analysis, while by substantially reusing MPL would lessen</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt; the burden of reviewing any single sintagma of the license, I am not sure</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt; 10.1-10.3 is legit. In the original version, OK, but I think you should retain</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt; the original disclaimer of Mozilla (the author and ostensibly copyright holder</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt; of the license) and if anything *add* a requirement to distinguish from your</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt; derivative version of the license, by claiming -- I guess -- some kind of</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt; trademark protection over the name to avoid confusion. This would be consistent</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt; with 10.3 of the MPL. I would check with them they are ok with it.</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt; This is exactly one of the things a lawyer would probably have noticed as</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt; deserving more attention.</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt; Also, I am personally not impressed by the idea that someone offers a new</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt; license not for using it as copyright holder, but just to offer a new variant</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt; or license in case some projects wanted and have been advised to adopt it.</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt; Until there is some appetite by actual projects, submitting it appears to be</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt; nothing but an intellectual exercise, not meeting the bar for eliciting the</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt; attention of OSI and approve it. I would welcome contrarian arguments.</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt; Cheers</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt; Carlo</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; Da: "Loncothad" &lt;me@loncothad.cc&gt;</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; A: "license-review@lists.opensource.org" &lt;license-review@lists.opensource.org&gt;</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; Inviato: Martedì, 27 maggio 2025 0:57:37</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; Oggetto: [License-review] Request for OSI Approval: Tiwaz License, version 1.0</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; (New License)</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; Dear OSI License Review Board,</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; I am writing to request the review and approval of the "Tiwaz License, version</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; 1.0" as a new Open Source Initiative (OSI) approved license. I believe this</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; license aligns with the Open Source Definition and offers a valuable option for</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; the open source community.</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; This license comes as a stricter and disambiguated version of the "Mozilla</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; Public License Version 2.0". More info on that in the README of the main</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; repository of the "Tiwaz License, version 1.0" - [</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; <a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://github.com/tiwaz-license/version-1.0/blob/draft/README.md" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 102, 147); text-decoration: underline; user-select: auto;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://github.com/tiwaz-license/version-1.0/blob/draft/README.md</a> |</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; <a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://github.com/tiwaz-license/version-1.0/blob/draft/README.md" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 102, 147); text-decoration: underline; user-select: auto;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://github.com/tiwaz-license/version-1.0/blob/draft/README.md</a> ] .</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; I am contacting you on behalf of the Tiwaz Project as the owner of the domain</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; (https://tiwaz.fyi/, currently empty website) and the GitHub organization</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; (https://github.com/tiwaz-license/).</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; 1. License Name:</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; Tiwaz License, version 1.0</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; 2. License Text:</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; The full license text can be found at [</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; <a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tiwaz-license/version-1.0/refs/heads/draft/LICENSE.txt" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 102, 147); text-decoration: underline; user-select: auto;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tiwaz-license/version-1.0/refs/heads/draft/LICENSE.txt</a></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; |</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; <a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tiwaz-license/version-1.0/refs/heads/draft/LICENSE.txt" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 102, 147); text-decoration: underline; user-select: auto;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tiwaz-license/version-1.0/refs/heads/draft/LICENSE.txt</a></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; ] . I'm also attaching it as a LICENSE.txt file in the attachments.</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; 3. Affirmation of Compliance with the Open Source Definition (OSD):</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; The Tiwaz License, version 1.0 complies with the Open Source Definition, as its</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; progenitor, the Mozilla Public License Version 2.0, does.</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; * It meets OSD 3 (Derived Works): The license explicitly permits modifications</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; and derived works. Section 2.1 grants the right to "modify... its</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; Contributions." Section 3.1 mandates that any distribution of Covered Software,</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; including "Modifications that You create or to which You contribute, must be</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; under the terms of this License." Section 3.2 ensures that if an Executable</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; Form is distributed, its Source Code Form remains available under this License</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; and that terms for the Executable Form do not limit rights to the Source Code</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; Form.</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; * It meets OSD 5 (No Discrimination Against Persons or Groups): The license</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; grants rights universally. The term "You" (Section 1) applies to "an individual</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; or a legal entity exercising rights under this License" without any</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; discrimination based on personal or group characteristics.</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; * It meets OSD 6 (No Discrimination Against Fields of Endeavor): The license</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; does not restrict the use of the software in any specific field. Section 2.1</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; grants broad rights to "use... and otherwise exploit its Contributions" for any</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; purpose.</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; * It meets OSD 9 (License Must Not Restrict Other Software): The license does</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; not impose restrictions on other software distributed alongside it. Section 3.3</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; allows You to "create and distribute a Larger Work under terms of Your choice,"</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; provided You comply with the Tiwaz License requirements for the "Covered</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; Software" component. A "Larger Work" (Section 1) explicitly combines Covered</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; Software with "other material... that is not Covered Software."</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; 4. Projects Currently Using the License</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; None as it was created just now because of the drawbacks of the MPL.</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; 5. License Steward and Submitter Details:</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; 5.1. License Steward</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; 5.1.1. Name: Tiwaz Project</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; 5.1.2. Contact: [ mailto:contact@tiwaz.fyi | contact@tiwaz.fyi ] or [</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; <a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://github.com/tiwaz-license" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 102, 147); text-decoration: underline; user-select: auto;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://github.com/tiwaz-license</a> | <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://github.com/tiwaz-license">https://github.com/tiwaz-license</a> ]</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; 5.2. Submitter</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; 5.2.1. Name: Sviatoslav</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; 5.2.2. Email: [ mailto:me@loncothad.cc | me@loncothad.cc ]</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; 5.2.3. Affilation: None</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; 5.2.4. Relationship to Steward: Author of the license</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; 6. Additional Information for License Review</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; The primary motivation for this license is to provide a clear, disambiguated,</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; and version-immutable option for developers, drawing from the robust structure</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; of MPL 2.0 but with distinct policy choices.</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; 7. Unique Identifiers</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; As a new license, it does not yet have an assigned SPDX identifier or a ScanCode</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; identifier. I would be happy to work with SPDX to obtain an identifier upon OSI</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; approval.</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; 8. Gap Filled by the New License:</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; The Tiwaz License, version 1.0 aims to fill a specific niche for developers</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; seeking:</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; * A modern, file-level copyleft license with explicit patent grants and a</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; defensive termination clause, similar in structure to the MPL 2.0.</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; * Strict version immutability: Unlike licenses that allow distribution under</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; "this version or any later version," (MPL 2.0 allows it too) the Tiwaz License</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; 1.0 (Section 10.2) mandates that software licensed under it must always be</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; distributed under that exact version. This provides absolute predictability of</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; terms for a given piece of software over its entire lifecycle, which some</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; developers and organizations find crucial.</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; * Simplicity through omission of direct GPL-family compatibility mechanisms:</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; Unlike MPL 2.0, the Tiwaz License 1.0 intentionally omits the "Secondary</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; License" framework. This simplifies the license text and its direct</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; application, creating a different compatibility profile. While Larger Works can</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; still incorporate Tiwaz-licensed code alongside GPL-licensed code (as separate</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; components), the Tiwaz-licensed files themselves do not have a direct path to</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; be relicensed under GPL terms via the license itself.</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; 9. Comparison with Similar OSI-Approved Licenses:</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; The most similar OSI-approved license is the Mozilla Public License Version 2.0,</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; which is the progenitor to this license.</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; Key differences:</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; * Version immutability: Tiwaz License 1.0 mandates distribution only under the</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; originally received version. MPL 2.0 (Section 10.2) permits distribution under</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; the original version or any later version published by the steward. This is the</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; most significant policy difference.</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; * Tiwaz License 1.0 does not include definitions for "Secondary License" or</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; "Incompatible With Secondary Licenses," nor the associated provisions found in</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; MPL 2.0 (e.g., MPL 2.0 Section 3.3, Exhibit B) that allow MPL 2.0 covered code</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; to be distributed under certain GPL-family licenses when part of a Larger Work.</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; This makes the Tiwaz License 1.0 text simpler in this regard but alters its GPL</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; compatibility characteristics.</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; * Notices (Section 3.4): The Tiwaz License 1.0 does not include MPL 2.0's</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; explicit clause allowing alteration of notices to remedy known factual</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; inaccuracies. This is a minor difference making Tiwaz 1.0 slightly stricter on</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; notice alteration.</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; * Removed Section 2.4 (Subsequent Licenses): Due to the strict version</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; immutability in 10.2, the clause corresponding to MPL 2.0's Section 2.4 (which</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; clarifies contributor obligations if a later license version is chosen) was</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; removed as it became contradictory.</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; 10. Legal Review</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; The Tiwaz License, version 1.0 was drafted by me based on the already</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; established open source license patterns (specifically MPL 2.0) with specific</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; policy changes. It has not undergone a formal review by legal counsel but given</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; the nature of the license I don't think it is necessary. I welcome the rigorous</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; review process of the OSI and am open to feedback from legal experts.</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; ---</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; I believe the Tiwaz License, version 1.0 meets the requirements for OSI approval</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; and offers a useful, clear, and dependable option for the open source</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; community. I look forward to your feedback and am available to answer any</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; questions you may have.</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; P.S. I have no affiliation with the Mozilla Foundation or their projects.</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; Sincerely,</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; Sviatoslav, a.k.a. loncothad</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; [ mailto:me@loncothad.cc | me@loncothad.cc ]</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; Contact Tiwaz Project at: contact@tiwaz.fyi</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; _______________________________________________</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; The opinions expressed in this email are those of the sender and not necessarily</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; those of the Open Source Initiative. Communication from the Open Source</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; Initiative will be sent from an opensource.org email address.</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; License-review mailing list</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; License-review@lists.opensource.org</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; [</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; <a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://lists.opensource.org/mailman/listinfo/license-review_lists.opensource.org" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 102, 147); text-decoration: underline; user-select: auto;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">http://lists.opensource.org/mailman/listinfo/license-review_lists.opensource.org</a></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; |</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; <a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://lists.opensource.org/mailman/listinfo/license-review_lists.opensource.org" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 102, 147); text-decoration: underline; user-select: auto;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">http://lists.opensource.org/mailman/listinfo/license-review_lists.opensource.org</a></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&gt;&gt; ]</div></div>