--Carmen Leeming
Carmen Leeming writes:
> Title: Adaptive Public License
> Submission: > http://www.crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?3:mss:6913:200305:bogcdnbbhnfbgpdeahob
> License: http://www.mamook.net/APL.html
> > This license was submitted in May 2003. I checked in June to make sure > that the license had entered the submission process, and received a > reply indicating that it was received and was currently under review. I > wrote again in November and never heard back.
Sorry, your license fell through the cracks. I have no automated system for tracking license approvals. On a quick reading, I don't see any problem with it.
May I suggest that the CUA Public License use a particular form of the Adaptive Public License instead?
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Russell Nelson wrote:
I'm the chair of the license approval committee. This is my report for the current set of licenses under discussion. If anybody disagrees with my assessment of the committee's conclusions, say so promptly.
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Restricts license termination to only if the original work is alleged to infringe a patent.
Title: OSL/AFL version 2.1 submitted for approval Submission: http://crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?3:msp:8002:fdhkogbdmecjfdifioea License: www.rosenlaw.com/osl2.1.html License: www.rosenlaw.com/afl2.1.html Comments: John Cowan gives it the thumbs up with no comments. The redline is at www.rosenlaw.com/osl2.1-redline.pdf Recommend: approval.
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There is much discussion spent deciding whether NASA can copyright software at all. The license itself says that no copyright is claimed in the United States.
Title: NASA Open Source Agreement (NOSA) version 1.3 Original Submission: http://crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?3:mss:7698:200402:jfdgbalgdhgblndpmljm Re-Submission: http://crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?3:msp:7999:ieccombmcpkdjmpppfil License: http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Research/Software/Open-Source/NASA_Open_Source_Agreement_1.3.txt Comments: John Cowan did a complete re-review of it and found that the previous concerns had been addressed. Recommend: approval.
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The author wants to control software which is merely written to work in conjunction with this software.
Title: Open Project Public License (OPPL) Submission: http://crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?3:mss:7926:200403:flibooikigifnhkciclb
License: http://nextco.net/~matti/awaiting_approval.htm
Comments:
John Cowan is not enthusiastic about it.
http://crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?3:mss:7981:200403:flibooikigifnhkciclb
Neither is Alex Rousskov.
http://crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?3:mss:7983:200403:flibooikigifnhkciclb
Recommend: turn it down.
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Title: Eclipse Public License - v 1.0 Submission: http://crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?3:mss:7933:okcnnifeagbhadopkkoe
License: http://www.eclipse.org/org/documents/epl-v10.html
Comments:
Ernie and Rod both point out that since the only change is removing
the patent termination, that that doesn't affect its compliance
with OSD.
Recommend: approval.
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