[License-review] Setup Tooling License 1.3

[Josh Berkus]

On 5/22/24 13:41, Setup Tooling Legal Team wrote:
> The reason why I want to stay away from copyleft in the future is,
> 
> because I know the other side.
> 
> I work for a company that would never touch software with such a license 
> if they wouldn't depend on the software (namely Linux).

But the terms you want are copyleft.  You can change the name of the 
license, but if what you want is copyleft, that's what it is.

> 
> Having a restriction with potential for an exception is key to having 
> more adoption in some areas.

A unitary copyright holder can *always* grant exceptions, regardless of 
the text of the license.

An inherited copyright holder never can.

If you want to create a new copyleft license, then you'll definitely 
need the help of an attorney.  And I don't recommend creating a new 
license because there's nothing in what you're trying to do that's not 
already covered by existing licenses.

Vote from me to reject.

--Josh Berkus