[License-review] Submission of OSET Public License for Approval

[Meeker, Heather J.]

Richard, thanks for your note.  Actually I need to go back and look at my files to track that question down.  It might take me a few days, but I will respond.  Best, Heather

-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Fontana [mailto:fontana at sharpeleven.org] 
Sent: Thursday, September 03, 2015 7:09 AM
To: License submissions for OSI review
Cc: Gregory Miller; John Sebes; Meeker, Heather J.; christine at osetfoundation.org
Subject: Re: [License-review] Submission of OSET Public License for Approval

On Tue, Sep 01, 2015 at 10:18:59PM +0000, Meeker, Heather J. wrote:

> We have posted the text of the license (in plain text, PDF, and HTML), our
> rationale document, and an FAQ, as support for our submission.  http://
> www.osetfoundation.org/public-license/.
> 
>  
> 
> Thank you for your consideration and we look forward to the discussion!

The license document starts out with 

  THIS LICENSE DEFINES THE RIGHTS OF USE, REPRODUCTION, DISTRIBUTION,
  MODIFICATION, AND REDISTRIBUTION OF CERTAIN COVERED SOFTWARE (AS
  DEFINED BELOW) RELEASED BY THE OPEN SOURCE ELECTIONS TECHNOLOGY
  FOUNDATION ("FORMERLY THE OSDV FOUNDATION").

Given that this license is copyleft and thus must be used by licensors
of 'Modifications', and I assume also that you wouldn't want to
discourage projects unaffiliated with the OSET Foundation from using
the license, why have this language?

Richard