[ note the addition of the Adaptive Public License at the end. There have STILL not been sufficient comments on the Adaptive Public License. -russ ]
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. -- 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. -- 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. -- 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. -- 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. -- Unfortunately, even after two tries there have been insufficient comments on the Adaptive Public License. Maybe the third's the charm? 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 -- --My blog is at angry-economist.russnelson.com | Spinach ala mode -- a good Crynwr sells support for free software | PGPok | way to eat spinach? Or a 521 Pleasant Valley Rd. | +1 315 268 1925 voice | bad way to eat ice cream? Potsdam, NY 13676-3213 | FWD# 404529 via VOIP | -- license-discuss archive is at http://crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?3