You might want to check out Iain Mitchell’s chapter in this book https://global.oup.com/academic/product/free-and-open-source-software-9780199680498?cc=us&lang=en&;
There’s a second edition currently in the works but it won’t be out til the summer > On Feb 27, 2020, at 6:28 PM, Michael Downey <[email protected]> wrote: > > And now for something completely different... > > While it's not nearly as common as it was for a while, now and then we get > some government and inter-governmental clients who want to roll their own > license because they think they are a special case of indemnity or privilege > requirements, things along those lines. But typically when we hear those > remarks, it's not coming from legal folks with FLOSS experience but instead > just default thinking that the most protective stance is to create something > bespoke. > > Can anyone on the list recommend any good reading materials, essays, talks, > or presentations on why we should discourage bespoke licenses, especially for > governments and similar agencies? > > Thanks in advance for any memories or bookmarks folks can dust off -- > > Michael Downey > United Nations Foundation > > _______________________________________________ > License-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.opensource.org/mailman/listinfo/license-discuss_lists.opensource.org
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