[License-review] For Legacy Approval: OpenLDAP Public License

[Brendan Hickey]

On Wed, Aug 14, 2019, 12:26 Smith, McCoy <mccoy.smith at intel.com> wrote:

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> >>To my eyes the key difference is the updateability clause:
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> The OpenLDAP Foundation may revise this license from time to time.
> Each revision is distinguished by a version number.  You may use this
> Software under terms of this license revision or under the terms of any
> subsequent revision of the license.
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> Yes, that is a substantive difference over BSD 3-clause.
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We should regard upgrade clauses skeptically, particularly when the license
steward is the only user of the license. This language could be used to
generate a proprietary fork if the steward saw fit. The GPL at least claims
that revisions will be in the spirit of the original, AGPL linking clause
notwithstanding.

Brendan

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