THANK YOU! Thanks, Cem Karan
> -----Original Message----- > From: License-discuss [mailto:license-discuss-boun...@opensource.org] On > Behalf Of Christopher Sean Morrison > Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2017 1:51 PM > To: License Discussion Mailing List <license-discuss@opensource.org> > Subject: [Non-DoD Source] Re: [License-discuss] Possible alternative was: Re: > U.S. Army Research Laboratory Open Source License (ARL > OSL) Version 0.4.1 > > > A proposed solution, however, is that the U.S. government will > distribute software under CC0. I don't care if that is sensible. I > don't care if that is odd. I do care that CC0 be an OSI-approved license, > regardless of its flaws. > > That will reaffirm the authority in our community of the OSI-approved > open source license list, regardless of the elegance of that > solution for DOSA. > > > I don’t think you’ll find any disagreement, even amongst USG developers and > lawyers. OSI is the established authority and many programs > (e.g., Google Summer of Code) require that projects utilize an OSI-approved > license. > > If I recall correctly, there were no objections to CC0 when it was submitted > for OSI approval. It was withdrawn by the steward after > prolonged patent clause commentary. considering what the implications of > explicitly denying patent rights may have on the liberal > licenses. That commentary was not grounds for disapproval and not a fault of > CC0, it was primarily a social and license impact discussion, > but it was withdrawn regardless. So … > > The only question I have is whether the license steward is the only one > eligible to formally submit CC0 for reconsideration? If not, I will > formally submit it myself as there is ample evidence of prolific use, niche > utility that differentiates it from other licenses, and no known > clauses that conflict with the OSD. > > That way, we can all get past the distracting “it’s not OSI-approved” rote. > > Cheers! > Sean
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