[License-review] resolving ambiguities in OSD [was Re: For Approval: License Zero Reciprocal Public License]

[Josh berkus]

On 10/24/2017 06:13 PM, Bruce Perens wrote:
> 
> With regard to *simple users,* those who make use of the Open Source
> software and do not modify or redistribute it, there should be as close
> to *no legal load* as possible. We need to be cognizant that many of
> these users are individuals and very small businesses that can't
> reasonably assume any legal load at all. We can't protect them from
> patent issues brought by others than the licensor of the software, but
> to the extent that we can protect them, we should. In
> particular, *simple users should not ever have to read the license.*

Is this an actual requirement for OSI license certification?  I ask
because it has specific bearing on whether or not we recommend LZRPL.

It would also leave open the question of why the AGPL gets to circumvent
that requirement.

--Josh