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    <p>As I understand it, there wouldn't be any license needed for use
      in the United States since the software is in the public domain in
      the US, so the license applies (1) outside of the US and (2) in
      the US where NIST could claim that the user contractually accepted
      the limitations on use (the obligation to keep the notice and the
      waiver of warranty) - but just using the software won't be enough
      to prove contract, as it does when the agreement is a true
      copyright license. But I'm generally not concerned with whether a
      license can be enforced, just that, if it can be enforced, it
      doesn't have any impermissible restrictions.</p>
    <p>I'm a little confused by this statement: "Cases where the work is
      copyright-protected would fall under other licenses." Are you
      saying that, if there is 3rd party-created software, this license
      won't be used for it? The document says "NIST-developed software
      is provided by NIST as a public service." This seems like a
      possible trap, that is, is it an advisory that there could be
      software in the bundle that was created by a contractor that isn't
      included under this license because it isn't "NIST-developed," so
      it's up to the user to somehow figure that out? It's not great to
      have it in the license, for that reason. However, it also could be
      construed as non-operative language, with the next sentences
      giving clear grants, even if some of the software was created by
      contractors who have copyright. </p>
    <p>In light of the fact that this is a legacy government license I'm
      inclined to overlook its flaws, since it's not trying to impose
      any unacceptable restrictions. I don't see any reason not to
      approve it.</p>
    <p>Pam</p>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 1/7/2026 1:35 PM, Hale, Lucas M.
      (Fed) via License-review wrote:<br>
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Hi All,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I finally
            managed to get meetings rescheduled after the shutdown and
            holidays to get answers to your questions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">First, the
            primary questions for submission.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">1.           
            Describe what gap not filled by currently existing licenses
            that the new license will fill.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Any open
            source software created at NIST using federal funding is
            required to use the NIST software license. Software that
            originates primarily from NIST-funded work must operate
            under US government public access policies, which the NIST
            software license is compliant with.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">2.           
            Compare it to and contrast it with the most similar
            OSI-approved license(s).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The NIST
            license is close to the MIT license in that it defines the
            copyright scope, usage rights, citation guidelines, and
            liability disclaimers.  It differs in that because it is the
            result of federally funded work it is not subject to
            copyright protection in the US to begin with rather than
            giving the copyright away.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">3.           
            Describe any legal review the license has been through,
            including whether it was drafted by a lawyer.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The license
            was drafted by the NIST Office of Chief Council and has
            undergone internal review and revisions over the years.
            <o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">As for other
            discussion and questions from the thread:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">This license
            is associated with US government-sponsored work that is
            performed by government employees or others working at NIST.
            As stated above and in the license, there is inherently no
            copyright in the US with the associated work due to the US
            government public access policies.  However, it does specify
            usage permissions, terms and conditions, and disclaimers to
            protect against legal liability. 
            <o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">As for
            outside the US, the <a
              href="https://www.usa.gov/government-copyright"
              moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">
              https://www.usa.gov/government-copyright</a> page has this
            line: \u201cThe U.S. government may assert copyright outside of
            the United States for U.S. government works.\u201d My guess is
            that this allows for export-control over works to target
            countries, but I\u2019m not sure if this is currently being done
            on public access works.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Cases where
            the work is copyright-protected would fall under other
            licenses.  For the \u201ccontractors\u201d exceptions, from what I
            heard it is less of a loophole and more the result of
            contract negotiations between government organizations and
            external contractors/subcontractors. The idea is that the
            external party has or is developing proprietary tools and
            data that the government wants to use, so complex contracts
            with special provisions and clauses let the external party
            retain copyright control while the government has usage
            rights. But, as stated, that is outside the scope of the
            license under review.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Lucas<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">From:</span></b><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">
                License-review
                <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:license-review-bounces@lists.opensource.org">&lt;license-review-bounces@lists.opensource.org&gt;</a>
                <b>On Behalf Of </b>Hale, Lucas M. (Fed) via
                License-review<br>
                <b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, September 30, 2025 11:22 AM<br>
                <b>To:</b> License submissions for OSI review
                <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:license-review@lists.opensource.org">&lt;license-review@lists.opensource.org&gt;</a><br>
                <b>Cc:</b> Hale, Lucas M. (Fed)
                <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:lucas.hale@nist.gov">&lt;lucas.hale@nist.gov&gt;</a><br>
                <b>Subject:</b> [EXTERNAL] Re: [License-review] Review
                for the NIST Software License<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Hi
            reviewers,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I reached
            out to those in charge of the NIST software policy and will
            meet with them and our Office of Chief Council to discuss
            and bring your questions to them. We\u2019ll hopefully get
            answers for moving forward in regards to both sides.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Note that
            since a US Government shutdown is imminent and at this
            moment likely, progress on the NIST side may take some time
            and I won\u2019t have email access during the down time.
            Hopefully it won\u2019t happen or be too long, but if you need to
            table/withdraw the review after a time period feel free to
            do so and we can try again when possible.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Lucas<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">From:</span></b><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">
                Carlo Piana &lt;<a href="mailto:carlo@piana.eu"
                  moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">carlo@piana.eu</a>&gt;
                <br>
                <b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, September 30, 2025 4:58 AM<br>
                <b>To:</b> License submissions for OSI review &lt;<a
                  href="mailto:license-review@lists.opensource.org"
                  moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">license-review@lists.opensource.org</a>&gt;<br>
                <b>Cc:</b> Hale, Lucas M. (Fed) &lt;<a
                  href="mailto:lucas.hale@nist.gov"
                  moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">lucas.hale@nist.gov</a>&gt;<br>
                <b>Subject:</b> [EXTERNAL] Re: [License-review] Review
                for the NIST Software License<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                    </span><span style="color:black"><a
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                        moz-do-not-send="true"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:&quot;Segoe UI&quot;,sans-serif">Learn
                          why this is important</span></a></span><span
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              <p class="MsoNormal"><span
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              <p class="MsoNormal"><span
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              <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">if
                  I understand correctly, this should not technically be
                  a license, since the software is not subject to
                  copyright in the USA as far as it has been created by
                  NIST employees. I think that if software is not given
                  protection in the state of first publication is not
                  protected even elsewhere, under the Berne Convention,
                  therefore this is basically a dedication to public
                  domain, whose primary scope is the liability
                  disclaimer(s). <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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              <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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              <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">However,
                  the "provided that you keep intact this entire notice"
                  is technically (US lawyers please help) a condition,
                  that means this is a license with conditional grant,
                  after all. The other condition-like provision uses the
                  verb "should", which is more of an invite,  at face
                  value. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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              <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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              <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">I
                  do not see anything that would prevent this text to be
                  approved, maybe in the "non reusable" category. But
                  could NIST give us their position on the above
                  discussion, for the sake of clarity, please?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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              <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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              <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Cheers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
            </div>
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              <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
            </div>
            <div>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Carlo
                  (in his personal provisional view and capacity)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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              <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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              <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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              style="text-align:center"><span
style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">
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              <blockquote
style="border:none;border-left:solid #1010FF 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt;margin-left:3.75pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt">
                <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Da:
                    </span></b><span
style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">"Hale,
                    Lucas M. (Fed) via License-review" &lt;</span><a
                    href="mailto:license-review@lists.opensource.org"
                    moz-do-not-send="true"><span
style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">license-review@lists.opensource.org</span></a><span
style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">&gt;<br>
                    <b>A: </b>"</span><a
                    href="mailto:license-review@lists.opensource.org"
                    moz-do-not-send="true"><span
style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">license-review@lists.opensource.org</span></a><span
style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">"
                    &lt;</span><a
                    href="mailto:license-review@lists.opensource.org"
                    moz-do-not-send="true"><span
style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">license-review@lists.opensource.org</span></a><span
style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">&gt;<br>
                    <b>Cc: </b>"Hale, Lucas M. (Fed)" &lt;</span><a
                    href="mailto:lucas.hale@nist.gov"
                    moz-do-not-send="true"><span
style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">lucas.hale@nist.gov</span></a><span
style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">&gt;<br>
                    <b>Inviato: </b>Lunedė, 29 settembre 2025 22:13:02<br>
                    <b>Oggetto: </b>[License-review] Review for the
                    NIST Software License<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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              <blockquote
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                <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                    style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Hi OSI
                    reviewers!</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
                <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                    style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"> </span><span
                    style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
                <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                    style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">I would like to
                    submit the National Institute of Standards and
                    Technology (NIST) Software license for review to be
                    included in your list.  This is the primary license
                    that NIST staff are expected to use when releasing
                    software.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
                <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                    style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"> </span><span
                    style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
                <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                    style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">The license
                    complies with the Open Source Definition, including
                    the OSD 3, 5, 6 and 9 criteria.</span><span
                    style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
                <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                    style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"> </span><span
                    style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
                <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                    style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">There are
                    numerous projects using the NIST software.  For
                    instance, there are 1.3K repositories at
                  </span><a href="https://github.com/usnistgov"
                    target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"><span
                      style="font-size:11.0pt">https://github.com/usnistgov</span></a><span
                    style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"> that should
                    all be using the license.  As such, it falls under
                    the legacy category.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
                <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                    style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"> </span><span
                    style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
                <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                    style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">The NIST
                    license is also listed on the main NIST website
                  </span><a
href="https://www.nist.gov/open/copyright-fair-use-and-licensing-statements-srd-data-software-and-technical-series-publications"
                    target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"><span
                      style="font-size:11.0pt">https://www.nist.gov/open/copyright-fair-use-and-licensing-statements-srd-data-software-and-technical-series-publications</span></a><span
                    style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">, and has an
                    SPDX listing </span><a
                    href="https://spdx.org/licenses/NIST-Software.html"
                    target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"><span
                      style="font-size:11.0pt">https://spdx.org/licenses/NIST-Software.html</span></a><span
                    style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">. Under both
                    sites, it is titled \u201cNIST Software License\u201d</span><span
                    style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
                <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                    style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"> </span><span
                    style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
                <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                    style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Thank you for
                    your time and consideration!</span><span
                    style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
                <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                    style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"> </span><span
                    style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
                <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                    style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Sincerely,</span><span
                    style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
                <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                    style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"> </span><span
                    style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
                <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                    style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Lucas Hale</span><span
                    style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
                <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                    style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"> </span><span
                    style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
                <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><br>
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