[License-discuss] What should fit in a FOSS license?

Pamela Chestek pamela at chesteklegal.com
Wed Mar 11 14:01:09 UTC 2020


On 3/11/2020 9:56 AM, Russell Nelson wrote:
> On 3/10/20 8:27 PM, Josh Berkus wrote:
>> I still say we should use the Vaccine License as a case example of an
>> unpassable license on our website.
>
> Not listing unpassable examples is a long-standing policy decision. We
> have plenty of examples of what passes muster. I've never seen why we
> need to list licenses that don't comply. Why do you think we need to
> provide that information?
It is also available:
https://wiki.opensource.org/bin/Archived+Discussions+on+Not+Approved+Licenses/

Pam

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