[License-discuss] discussion of L-R process [was Re: [License-review] Approval: Server Side Public License, Version 2 (SSPL v2)]

[VanL]

Hmm. I know a bit about the PEP process. It does seem like it would be a
valuable example to follow.

Thanks,
Van

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On Fri, Mar 15, 2019, 7:54 PM Chris Jerdonek <chris.jerdonek at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On Fri, Mar 15, 2019 at 4:00 PM John Sullivan <johns at fsf.org> wrote:
>
>> I think some of this can be done without changing tools. Just as an idea
>> from someone who can't volunteer the time to help with it, each license
>> application could be assigned to a caretaker responsible for maintaining
>> a dossier/brief for the application, listing points raised in
>> discussion, posted regularly to the list (more regularly than monthly,
>> and with a tagged subject heading). The dossier becomes a collaborative
>> document that people in the discussion can be asked to refer
>> specifically to when making their arguments.
>
>
> This is starting to sound a bit like Python's PEP process (Python
> Enhancement Proposal), which I would recommend:
> https://www.python.org/dev/peps/
> A PEP document summarizes things like the proposer, background, pros,
> cons, decider, etc. and it evolves over time. While a PEP discussion could
> be spread across multiple mediums and channels and get contentious, the PEP
> document itself is updated over time and summarizes everything in one
> place. When a final decision is made, the decision is added to the PEP with
> the rationale. In OSI's case, such a document could also say how people
> voted, to provide more transparency. It would also be a valuable reference
> to refer back to.
>
> --Chris
>
>
>
>> The quality of the dossier
>> would help outside people assess the process, and help the OSI board.
>>
>> I've found the summaries that started recently to already be very
>> useful.
>>
>> The tools you mention don't use AI or something to sort discussions, so
>> in the end you're still relying on people to put the right points on the
>> right issues, to create new areas for new issues, etc. I also don't see
>> how they solve the problem of some people having louder voices, speaking
>> rudely, or carrying on various personal grudges or undisclosed agendas.
>> Those all seem like problems to me best addressed by finding more
>> volunteer facilitators for OSI, no matter what platform is used.
>>
>> (I do like Discourse, and we use it at the FSF.)
>>
>> -john
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