[License-review] Submission of the Upstream Compatibility License v1.0 (UCL-1.0) for approval

Richard Fontana fontana at opensource.org
Wed Mar 29 21:56:07 UTC 2017


Nigel,

Looks like I did not respond to this question. The next OSI board
meeting is next week. Do you want to submit the revised UCL for
approval? If so I will recommend approval and I am fairly confident that
a decision of some sort can be reached at the meeting. 

Richard

On Thu, Feb 23, 2017, at 09:41 PM, Nigel T wrote:
> Richard,
> 
> When is the next board meeting? Thanks!
> 
> Nigel
> 
> > On Feb 23, 2017, at 4:39 PM, Richard Fontana <fontana at sharpeleven.org> wrote:
> > 
> >> On Thu, Feb 23, 2017 at 12:40:44PM -0500, Nigel T wrote:
> >> 
> >> The complete text of the updated license is below.  Let me know if this
> >> does not address the comments provided in the earlier discussion.  If it
> >> does then I will repackage the submission and have it ready for the board
> >> to vote on.
> > 
> > It certainly reduces the earlier basis for objection on the grounds of
> > "asymmetry" though doesn't eliminate it entirely. Also as I think you
> > have pointed out (and something I am still struggling with) maybe we
> > should be applying a more lenient standard to "special purpose"
> > licenses. But I am curious to hear other reactions.
> > 
> > Richard
> > 
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