[License-review] For Approval: Open Logistics License v1.3 (was v1.2)

[Andreas Nettsträter]

Dear Josh,

In our foundation we mainly work with European companies (started in Germany). Many of these companies do not have their origin in the IT sector directly and do not have several years of experience with open source, especially when it comes to active contributing. 

Here, it helps enormously if a licence can be used that meets all the criteria of open source and at the same time is compatible with one's own legal area. Many of the lawyers involved have noticed that there are paragraphs in established licences that are not permitted in Germany (and other parts of Europe) (such as complete exclusion of liability). We do not want to judge whether this is more a theoretical or a really practical problem. However, the companies themselves have now the option to decide and to choose. 

Our aim is therefore to offer a permissive licence that is compatible with established licences via the OS criteria and is more explicit about these specific aspects.

Regards
Andreas


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Von: Josh Berkus <josh at berkus.org> 
Gesendet: Donnerstag, 26. Januar 2023 22:15
An: License submissions for OSI review <license-review at lists.opensource.org>; Andreas Nettsträter <andreas.nettstraeter at openlogisticsfoundation.org>
Betreff: Re: [License-review] For Approval: Open Logistics License v1.3 (was v1.2)

On 1/25/23 00:19, Andreas Nettsträter wrote:
> As stated several times before, it is important for our partners to develop and publish open source, based on a license using formulations as unambiguous and explicit as possible with regards to German law.

And I am asking again for a goal, not just a technical description of the change.  Why is this necessary?  Who is it benefitting, and how? 
German programmers, companies, and even foundations have been doing open source under other licenses that do not have this for decades, why is such a change helpful at all?

I don't understand why that question is so hard to answer.  Surely your foundation has specific goals in having a new license?

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Josh Berkus