You're probably right.  I don't **think** that there are any other journals 
that will turn down code if it doesn't come with an OSI-approved license; can 
anyone think of one?

Thanks,
Cem Karan

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> Other than JOSS I still don’t see how it makes a big difference for the 
> Government.  And the ability to publish in JOSS seems like a rather
> secondary consideration…and I say that as a software developer in an academic 
> environment…
> 
> On 3/17/17, 8:32 AM, "License-discuss on behalf of Karan, Cem F CIV USARMY 
> RDECOM ARL (US)" <license-discuss-
> boun...@opensource.org on behalf of cem.f.karan....@mail.mil> wrote:
> 
>     OK, so different groups have different opinions.  I'm glad Fedora views 
> CC0 as meeting the OSD definitions though.  I'd still like to
> convince OSI that the route I outlined earlier should be considered to be 
> Open Source; I think it'll make things easier for a lot of the
> Government.
> 
>     Thanks,
>     Cem Karan
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> Callaway
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>     > Subject: Re: [License-discuss] [Non-DoD Source] Re: Possible 
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>     > I'd think the only ones who get to apply the "Open Source" label to 
> licenses would be the OSI. Fedora's opinion is that CC-0 meets the
>     > OSD.
>     >
>     > On Mar 16, 2017 4:31 PM, "Karan, Cem F CIV USARMY RDECOM ARL (US)" 
> <cem.f.karan....@mail.mil < Caution-
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>     >
>     >
>     >         Cool!  Would Fedora/Red Hat consider it to be Open Source?
>     >
>     >         Thanks,
>     >         Cem Karan
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>     >         >
>     >         > Can't speak for Debian, but Fedora will happily take software 
> licensed as you describe.
>     >         >
>     >         > On Mar 16, 2017 3:09 PM, "Karan, Cem F CIV USARMY RDECOM ARL 
> (US)" <cem.f.karan....@mail.mil < Caution-
>     > Caution-mailto:cem.f.karan....@mail.mil >  < Caution-
>     >         > Caution-Caution-mailto:cem.f.karan....@mail.mil < 
> Caution-Caution-mailto:cem.f.karan....@mail.mil >  > > wrote:
>     >         >
>     >         >
>     >         >       I agree that the Government can release it as open 
> source, but as I understand it, not as Open Source.  The difference is
>     > whether
>     >         > or not the code will be accepted into various journals 
> (Journal of Open Source Software is one).  It also affects whether or not
>     > various
>     >         > distributions will accept the work (would Debian?  I honestly 
> don't know).
>     >         >
>     >         >       And I'm not after plain vanilla CC0 code to be called 
> Open Source, I'm after the method I outlined earlier.  This side-steps the
>     > need
>     >         > to have CC0 put forth by the license steward (I hope!).  I 
> know that is splitting hairs, but at this point I'm tearing my hair out
>     > over this, and
>     >         > would like to put it to rest before I have to buy a wig.
>     >         >
>     >         >       Thanks,
>     >         >       Cem Karan
>     >         >
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>     >         >       > Cem,
>     >         >       >
>     >         >       > The USG does not need OSI’s approval to release code 
> as open source under CC0.  It has done so already on code.gov <
>     > Caution-Caution-http://code.gov >  < Caution-
>     >         > Caution-Caution-http://code.gov < 
> Caution-Caution-http://code.gov >  > .  This includes the
>     >         >       > OPM, NASA, GSA, DOT, DOL, DOC and others. CC0 is 
> compliant with the Federal Source Code Policy for open source
>     > release.
>     >         >       >
>     >         >       > It is unlikely that you can push CC0 through license 
> review as you aren’t the license steward.  It is up to CC to resubmit CC0
>     > for
>     >         > approval.
>     >         >       >
>     >         >       > Regards,
>     >         >       >
>     >         >       > Nigel
>     >         >       >
>     >         >       > On 3/16/17, 8:56 AM, "License-discuss on behalf of 
> Karan, Cem F CIV USARMY RDECOM ARL (US)" <license-discuss-
>     >         >       > boun...@opensource.org < 
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> Caution-Caution-mailto:boun...@opensource.org >  >  on behalf of
> cem.f.karan....@mail.mil < Caution-
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> Caution-Caution-mailto:cem.f.karan....@mail.mil >  > > wrote:
>     >         >       >
>     >         >       >     All, I want to keep this alive as I haven't seen 
> a conclusion yet.  Earlier I
>     >         >       >     asked if OSI would accept the US Government (USG) 
> putting its non-copyrighted
>     >         >       >     works out under CC0 as Open Source **provided** 
> that the USG accepts and
>     >         >       >     redistributes copyrighted contributions under an 
> OSI-approved license.  Is
>     >         >       >     this acceptable to OSI?  Should I move this 
> discussion to the license-review
>     >         >       >     list?
>     >         >       >
>     >         >       >     To recap:
>     >         >       >
>     >         >       >     1) This would only cover USG works that do not 
> have copyright.  Works that
>     >         >       >     have copyright would be eligible to use 
> copyright-based licenses, and to be
>     >         >       >     OSI-approved as Open Source would need to use an 
> OSI-approved license.
>     >         >       >
>     >         >       >     2) The USG work/project would select an 
> OSI-approved license that it accepted
>     >         >       >     contributions under.  The USG would redistribute 
> the contributions under that
>     >         >       >     license, but the portions of the work that are 
> not under copyright would be
>     >         >       >     redistributed under CC0.  That means that for 
> some projects (ones that have no
>     >         >       >     copyrighted material at all initially), the only 
> license that the works would
>     >         >       >     have would be CC0.
>     >         >       >
>     >         >       >     I can't speak to patents or other IP rights that 
> the USG has, I can only
>     >         >       >     comment on what the Army Research Laboratory 
> (ARL) has done
>     >         >       >     
> (Caution-Caution-Caution-Caution-https://github.com/USArmyResearchLab/ARL-Open-Source-Guidance-and-
> Instructions <
>     > 
> Caution-Caution-https://github.com/USArmyResearchLab/ARL-Open-Source-Guidance-and-Instructions
>  >  < Caution-
>     >         > 
> Caution-Caution-https://github.com/USArmyResearchLab/ARL-Open-Source-Guidance-and-Instructions
>  < Caution-
>     > 
> Caution-https://github.com/USArmyResearchLab/ARL-Open-Source-Guidance-and-Instructions
>  >  > ),
>     >         >       >     which includes a step to affirmatively waive any 
> patent rights that ARL might
>     >         >       >     have in the project before distributing it.  I am 
> hoping that other agencies
>     >         >       >     will do something similar, but have no power or 
> authority to say that they
>     >         >       >     will.
>     >         >       >
>     >         >       >     Given all this, is it time to move this to 
> license-review, or otherwise get a
>     >         >       >     vote?  I'd like this solved ASAP.
>     >         >       >
>     >         >       >     Thanks,
>     >         >       >     Cem Karan
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