Hi everyone, We've had a lot of discussion about the attributes of open source licenses and what is and isn't acceptable. I thought historical data on approved licenses might prove valuable, or at least interesting. I prepared a spreadsheet that lists all the OSI-approved licenses, with columns for some attributes that have been heavily discussed recently. It is at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1VVaSoVPmRa7yY6SlI5mb72zqrnGpstMH5LBfNAKNIdc/edit?usp=sharing/edit?usp=sharing
I'm hoping people will be interested in helping fill it out. I suggest as the first step that we take a look and see whether the headings are sufficiently clear and whether we should be recording any further information. My goal was to limit data collection to the current areas of discussion, not do a comprehensive review of all the possible variables in open source licenses. Column E was meant to capture the non-copyright, non-patent "yeah, that's ok" stuff that we commonly see in licenses and that isn't noteworthy. Once we've settled on the form we can start filling it in. I don't want the spreadsheet to be a place for arguing the merits, just a place for fact-gathering. I also don't know what will happen once we have gathering the information, but I do believe gathering the information is the first step. Thanks, Pam -- Pamela Chestek Chair, License Review Committee Open Source Initiative _______________________________________________ License-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.opensource.org/mailman/listinfo/license-discuss_lists.opensource.org
