Approval of IWL - Consolidated Response

[Russ Nelson]

Matthew Flaschen writes:
 > Russ Nelson wrote:
 > > Matthew Flaschen writes:
 > >  > All of the licenses are in fact reusable, though some are not yet 
 > >  > templatized.
 > > 
 > > Errr, no, that's not official OSI policy.
 > 
 > When has OSI ever stated that only the steward could use an OSI-approved 
 > license?

No, we do not let licensors make changes to a license and keep their
OSI approval.  If somebody else is named in the license, you can't
file off their name and put in your own.

Of course, that's an argument for *us* to change the approved licenses
so they're all templates.

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