Re: [License-discuss] Improvement to the License-Review Process

2020-08-27 Thread Florian Weimer
* Simon Phipps: > On Thu, Aug 27, 2020 at 7:51 PM Florian Weimer wrote: > >> * Andrew DeMarsh: >> >> >> >> >> Quite a few people view such a requirement in a software license as >> >> DFSG-noncompliant. I think it would be a bit odd if OSI adopted such >> >> a requirement within its contribution

Re: [License-discuss] Improvement to the License-Review Process

2020-08-27 Thread Simon Phipps
On Thu, Aug 27, 2020 at 7:51 PM Florian Weimer wrote: > * Andrew DeMarsh: > > >> > >> Quite a few people view such a requirement in a software license as > >> DFSG-noncompliant. I think it would be a bit odd if OSI adopted such > >> a requirement within its contribution process. > >> > > > > I'm

Re: [License-discuss] Improvement to the License-Review Process

2020-08-27 Thread Florian Weimer
* Andrew DeMarsh: >> >> Quite a few people view such a requirement in a software license as >> DFSG-noncompliant. I think it would be a bit odd if OSI adopted such >> a requirement within its contribution process. >> > > I'm not sure that it would be required in the license text itself possibly >

Re: [License-discuss] Improvement to the License-Review Process

2020-08-27 Thread Pamela Chestek
I will also add that the OSI learned this information fairly shortly after the license was rejected. The OSI considered the submission a Code of Conduct violation and addressed it directly with Bruce. Pam Pamela Chestek Chair, License Committee Open Source Initiative On 8/26/2020 11:29 PM, Pa

Re: [License-discuss] Improvement to the License-Review Process

2020-08-26 Thread Pamela Chestek
It was fairly clear when the Vaccine License was submitted that there was something afoot, the question was what. But we get many requests to approve licenses that aren't well-written or that on their face don't meet the OSD. We don't really have a choice but to treat them all with equal dignit

Re: [License-discuss] Improvement to the License-Review Process

2020-08-26 Thread Richard Fontana
On Wed, Aug 26, 2020 at 12:07 PM Josh Berkus wrote: > > On 8/25/20 1:51 PM, Andrew DeMarsh wrote: > > Demonstrate that at least x projects, which are not related to each > > other, either currently use the license, or will utilise it, if the > > license is accepted as being "Open Source". Whilst "

Re: [License-discuss] Improvement to the License-Review Process

2020-08-26 Thread Josh Berkus
On 8/25/20 1:51 PM, Andrew DeMarsh wrote: > Demonstrate that at least x projects, which are not related to each > other, either currently use the license, or will utilise it, if the > license is accepted as being "Open Source". Whilst "x" is an arbitrary > number, the idea is that by being used, th

Re: [License-discuss] Improvement to the License-Review Process

2020-08-25 Thread VM (Vicky) Brasseur
McCoy Smith wrote on 25/8/20 15:41: Interestingly enough, the original submission of the Vaccine License to the OSI had what appears to be a phony SPDX designation, "SPDX: Vaccine-1.0 " included in the submitted license text. https://lists.opensource.org/pipermail/license-review_lists.opensource

Re: [License-discuss] Improvement to the License-Review Process

2020-08-25 Thread McCoy Smith
> -Original Message- > From: License-discuss On > Behalf Of VM (Vicky) Brasseur > Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2020 3:14 PM > To: license-discuss@lists.opensource.org > Subject: Re: [License-discuss] Improvement to the License-Review Process > > Purely as an FYI,

Re: [License-discuss] Improvement to the License-Review Process

2020-08-25 Thread VM (Vicky) Brasseur
Andrew DeMarsh wrote on 25/8/20 13:51: There are plenty of legal professionals on this list that can most likely write a far better rule/requirment, I personally would not throw in the X projects requirement as I think that changes the rules significantly from what they are today and would requ

Re: [License-discuss] Improvement to the License-Review Process

2020-08-25 Thread Andrew DeMarsh
There are plenty of legal professionals on this list that can most likely write a far better rule/requirment, I personally would not throw in the X projects requirement as I think that changes the rules significantly from what they are today and would require a lot more input/consideration then sim

Re: [License-discuss] Improvement to the License-Review Process

2020-08-25 Thread Andrew DeMarsh
> > Quite a few people view such a requirement in a software license as > DFSG-noncompliant. I think it would be a bit odd if OSI adopted such > a requirement within its contribution process. > I'm not sure that it would be required in the license text itself possibly only interacting with the ma

Re: [License-discuss] Improvement to the License-Review Process

2020-08-25 Thread jonathon
On 2020/08/25 17:04, Andrew DeMarsh wrote: > I would at least like to suggest that at minimum wording be added to the > requirements for L-R such that the license submission must be made with the > express purpose of a License be considered for actual real world use and > that the request be made w

Re: [License-discuss] Improvement to the License-Review Process

2020-08-25 Thread Florian Weimer
* McCoy Smith: > Might it be time to require license submitters to actually identify > themselves, the organization they represent, and the name of the legal > person they worked with in creating and submitting the license? Quite a few people view such a requirement in a software license as DFSG-

Re: [License-discuss] Improvement to the License-Review Process

2020-08-25 Thread Andrew DeMarsh
Sorry yes, that's exactly what I mean. Sorry for any confusion. On Tue, Aug 25, 2020 at 2:30 PM David Woolley wrote: > On 25/08/2020 18:04, Andrew DeMarsh wrote: > > OSI be careful when trying to qualify what counts as a legal person > > I think you meant something like "legal expert", as "legal

Re: [License-discuss] Improvement to the License-Review Process

2020-08-25 Thread Andrew DeMarsh
To be clear if this was addressed squarely to me (sorry if not, contest is harder to read via text), it is not that I don't care about the points you have addressed; it is simply that I think a focus on the exploited weakness in L-R is more productive, it is easier and less work to ensure that it i

Re: [License-discuss] Improvement to the License-Review Process

2020-08-25 Thread Andrew DeMarsh
ubmitter was not identified). > > > > So basically, putting a non-pseudonymous name to both the submitter and to > the legal reviewer. > > > > *From:* Andrew DeMarsh > *Sent:* Tuesday, August 25, 2020 10:04 AM > *To:* mc...@lexpan.law; license-discuss@lists.opens

Re: [License-discuss] Improvement to the License-Review Process

2020-08-25 Thread David Woolley
On 25/08/2020 18:04, Andrew DeMarsh wrote: OSI be careful when trying to qualify what counts as a legal person I think you meant something like "legal expert", as "legal person" doesn't make sense in the English legal sense of the terms (an extension of the the concept of a natural person (an

Re: [License-discuss] Improvement to the License-Review Process

2020-08-25 Thread McCoy Smith
n.law; license-discuss@lists.opensource.org Subject: Re: [License-discuss] Improvement to the License-Review Process I would at least like to suggest that at minimum wording be added to the requirements for L-R such that the license submission must be made with the express purpose of a Licen

Re: [License-discuss] Improvement to the License-Review Process

2020-08-25 Thread Coraline Ada Ehmke
Even if you don’t care about Bruce Perens’s mockery of attempts by practitioners to address the ethical shortcomings of traditional FLOSS, you should care about his abuse of the time and effort of volunteers on this list who took his “joke” seriously. Ban him. > On Aug 25, 2020, at 12:04 PM,

Re: [License-discuss] Improvement to the License-Review Process

2020-08-25 Thread Andrew DeMarsh
I would at least like to suggest that at minimum wording be added to the requirements for L-R such that the license submission must be made with the express purpose of a License be considered for actual real world use and that the request be made with a professional intent for a usable OSI License

[License-discuss] Improvement to the License-Review Process

2020-08-25 Thread McCoy Smith
In view of the fact that the OSI is going to be forming a committee to review the process: https://wiki.opensource.org/bin/Working+Groups+%26+Incubator+Projects/Licens e+List+Working+Group/, here's one thing to consider: In late 2019, a submission was made to approve the "Vaccine License": http