[License-review] Mandatory meta OSI process thread

[Florian Weimer]

* Luis Villa:

> [Getting this out of the main SSPL thread, since this is mandatory process
> carping rather than anything specific to SSPL.]
>
> This is a public process, but relative to GPL/CC/MPL processes a very poor
> one along a variety of dimensions. It doesn't speak to the needs of
> particular communities, has (relatively few) lawyers and fewer end users on
> it, puts the onus on OSI rather than the license originator, is typically
> initiated *very* late in the drafting process (if at all). I could go on.
> So, definitely better than nothing, but as I've said for years it isn't a
> good substitute for a healthy, deliberative process run by the
> host/parent/authoring organization.

It's a license for one particular piece of software.  I assume the
current requirement that you relicense your entire operating system
and toolchain is not intentional and will disappear with a future
revision of the license text.

The license matters mostly to the existing ecosystem around the
software.  This ecosystem is, as far as I know, not broadly
represented here.  Therefore, a discussion in the context of OSI fails
to address any fundamental lack of participation by the relevant
parties.  Note however that the license submitter said that they
consulted with ecosystem representatives prior to submission.