[License-review] For Legacy Approval: Zope Public License v2.1

Tue Jul 6 00:31:23 UTC 2021

Dear License Review,

At the Board meeting on June 25, 2021, the Board adopted the 
recommendation of the License Committee and APPROVED the Zope Public 
License v.2.1 as an Open Source Initiative Certified license in the 
category of Licenses That Are Redundant With More Popular Licenses. 
Further, the Zope Public License Version 2.0 will be moved to the 
Superseded Licenses category.

Pamela S. Chestek
Chair, License Committee
Open Source Initiative

On 6/22/21 12:08 PM, Pamela Chestek wrote:
> Resending, copying the OSI Board this time.
>
> Pam
>
> Pamela Chestek
> Chair, License Committee
> Open Source Initiative
>
> On 6/22/2021 12:05 PM, Pamela Chestek wrote:
>> Dear License Review,
>>
>> Below is the recommendation of the License Committee on the Zope 
>> Public License.
>>
>> Pam
>>
>> Pamela Chestek
>> Chair, License Committee
>> Open Source Initiative
>>
>> License: Zope Public License (ZPL) Version 2.1, SPDX ZPL-2.1 (Exhibit A)
>> Submitted: April 6, 2021, 
>> http://lists.opensource.org/pipermail/license-review_lists.opensource.org/2021-April/005124.html 
>>
>> Decision date: due no later than the first Board meeting after June 
>> 5, 2021.
>>
>> License Review Committee Recommendation:
>>
>> /Resolved that it is the opinion of the OSI that the Zope Public 
>> License (ZPL) Version 2.1 conforms to the OSD and assures software 
>> freedom and that the license be approved as an Open Source Initiative 
>> Certified license in the category of Licenses That Are Redundant With 
>> More Popular Licenses. Further, the Zope Public License Version 2.0 
>> will be moved to the Superseded Licenses category.//
>> /
>> _Rationale Document_
>>
>> Notes: Version 2.0 of the license was OSI approved. The version of 
>> the license under review, version 2.1, is from about 2005 and the 
>> license submitter believes that version 2.0 has not been used for 
>> more than 10 years. 
>> http://lists.opensource.org/pipermail/license-review_lists.opensource.org/2021-April/005124.html
>>
>> The primary changes between version 2.0 and version 2.1 were to (i) 
>> remove the hard-coded name of Zope Corporation from the license and 
>> substitute “Copyright Holders” and (ii) refer to a separate document 
>> with the copyright notice rather than an included notice, with some 
>> additional edits for related changes (for example, substituting 
>> “accompanying” for “above”).
>>
>> Version 2.0 of the license was in the “Non-reusable Licenses” 
>> category but Version 2.1 is suitable for Licenses That Are Redundant 
>> With More Popular Licenses, since the Zope name is no longer within 
>> the license. The license is similar to the 3 Clause BSD license, 
>> which is the reason it is redundant.
>>
>> No one on License-Review objected to approving the license or to the 
>> change of license category.
>>
>> The license submitter agreed that version 2 of the license could be 
>> listed as superseded. 
>> http://lists.opensource.org/pipermail/license-review_lists.opensource.org/2021-April/005131.html 
>>
>>
>> _Exhibit A_
>>
>> Zope Public License (ZPL) Version 2.1
>>
>> A copyright notice accompanies this license document that identifies 
>> the copyright holders.
>>
>> This license has been certified as open source. It has also been 
>> designated as GPL compatible by the Free Software Foundation (FSF).
>>
>> Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 
>> modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 
>> are met:
>>
>> 1. Redistributions in source code must retain the accompanying 
>> copyright notice, this list of conditions, and the following disclaimer.
>>
>> 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the accompanying 
>> copyright notice, this list of conditions, and the following 
>> disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with 
>> the distribution.
>>
>> 3. Names of the copyright holders must not be used to endorse or 
>> promote products derived from this software without prior written 
>> permission from the copyright holders.
>>
>> 4. The right to distribute this software or to use it for any purpose 
>> does not give you the right to use Servicemarks (sm) or Trademarks 
>> (tm) of the copyright holders. Use of them is covered by separate 
>> agreement with the copyright holders.
>>
>> 5. If any files are modified, you must cause the modified files to 
>> carry prominent notices stating that you changed the files and the 
>> date of any change.
>>
>> Disclaimer
>>
>> THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS ``AS IS'' AND ANY 
>> EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 
>> IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR 
>> PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE 
>> LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR 
>> CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF 
>> SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR 
>> BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, 
>> WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE 
>> OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, 
>> EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.On 4/6/2021 12:53 
>> PM, Jens Vagelpohl wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> My name is Jens Vagelpohl and I am release manager for the Zope web application server and many of its add-on packages maintained in the GitHub organization “zopefoundation” athttps://github.com/zopefoundation.
>>>
>>> Almost all of our products, the oldest starting in the late 1990s, have been published under the Zope Public License, which had been certified by the OSI many years ago. The latest version on file at the OSI is version 2.0, seehttps://opensource.org/licenses/ZPL-2.0, which has existed since 2001.
>>>
>>> The ZPL version 2.0 makes references to Zope Corporation as holding copyrights to code in Zope and related packages. However, after lobbying by the Zope Foundation Zope Corporation assigned code copyrights to the foundation in te mid-2000s. The Zope Public License was rewritten to account for this copyright change and we removed all references to Zope Corporation and released as ZPL version 2.1. The earliest license copies I found in our repositories for version 2.1 are from 2005.
>>>
>>> At this point the ZPL version 2.0 hasn’t been used for a decade. All source code had been switched to ZPL 2.1 more than 10 years ago, and Zope Corporation has been defunct for at least as long. I do not know why no foundation representative reached out to the OSI and asked for an update to the published version on the OSI website, even though I was secretary for the Zope Foundation Board of Directors at the time.
>>>
>>> I am hereby asking for legacy approval for the Zope Public License version 2.1. I have attached a copy of the license and a copy of the copyright header we attach to all source code files in our repositories.
>>>
>>> Thank you for your help!
>>>
>>> Jens Vagelpohl
>>> Release Manager, Zope
>>> https://plone.org/community/zope-team
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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