[License-review] Request for OSI Approval: Tiwaz License, version 1.0 (New License)

[Loncothad]

Hi.

I've updated the draft of the Tiwaz License, version 1.0.

These commits address feedback and points raised by McCoy Smith and Carlo Piana.

Commit `4691d6a565f20fedf04aca7434a3a73f843e6080`:

* Corrected Section 2 numbering.

* Applied specific formatting to Sections 6 (Disclaimer of Warranty) and 7 (Limitation of Liability) to visually distinguish them, in accordance with the styling of these sections in the original Mozilla Public License, Version 2.0. This includes using blockquotes (e.g., with > characters) in the Markdown version, surrounding the text with asterisks in the plain text (ASCII/TXT) version, and applying distinct visual styling (such as a highlighted background) in the HTML version.

Commit `df6f006aa151f3820b3f1f7a2e9241a40b393b5b`:

* Added an 'Exhibit B: Acknowledgements and Relationship to MPL 2.0' section to further clarify and explicitly state that the Tiwaz License, while derived from MPL 2.0, is not affiliated with Mozilla or its projects, and is not endorsed by them.

Thank you for your suggestions.

Current draft is available at https://github.com/tiwaz-license/version-1.0/tree/draft

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From: "McCoy Smith" <mccoy at lexpan.law>
Sent: 5/28/25 8:59 PM
To: license-review at lists.opensource.org
Subject: Re: [License-review] Request for OSI Approval: Tiwaz License, version 1.0 (New License)

fwiw i did a compare of this license vs mpl-2.0 and posted it to github.

i find this an easier way of reviewing licenses that are derived from a

preexisting license:

https://github.com/McCoySmith/OSI-License-Review-Compare/blob/main/Tiwaz-1.0%20compare%20MPL-2.0.odt

the formatting changes are generally OK although the paragraph numbering

in Section 2 is off. otherwise the changes are as described.

one interesting observation. canonical MPL-2.0

(https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/MPL/2.0/) has the disclaimer and

limitation of liability highlighted in yellow. This is, I believe, to

address the UCC requirement (in USA law) that such

disclaimers/limitations be "conspicuous" which is typically done ALL

CAPS as colors and the like you can't do in ASCII. The SPDX and OSI

versions of MPL-2.0 dispense with the coloring, substituting (for SPDX)

a row of asterixes (and for OSI) italics. whether those count for

conspicuous is an interesting question, somewhat discussed by Luis Villa

here:

https://lu.is/2012/08/a-quick-note-on-conspicuous-text-also-known-as-all-caps/

.

On 5/27/2025 5:17 PM, Josh Berkus wrote:

> On 5/26/25 15:57, Loncothad wrote:

>> This license comes as a stricter and disambiguated version of the

>> "Mozilla Public License Version 2.0". More info on that in the README

>> of the main repository of the "Tiwaz License, version 1.0" - https://

>> github.com/tiwaz-license/version-1.0/blob/draft/README.md <https://

>> github.com/tiwaz-license/version-1.0/blob/draft/README.md>.

>

> Thank you for submitting this license proposal.  Clarification: where

> the opinions on these flaws in the MPL, and the revisions to them,

> drafted by an attorney or with the help of one?  It's not a

> requirement, but lets us know how to regard the text of the changes.

>

> You're aware that removing the Secondary License clauses can make

> Tiwaz-license software incompatible with GPL-licensed software for

> combined works?  Just making sure that's intended effect.

>

> Finally, where does the name "Tiwaz" come from?  Note that the

> tiwaz.fyi domain appears to be non-functional right now.

>

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