By: Lawrence E. Rosen

July 2000

• prohibiting use that would result in death or personal injury

August 2000

• License Approval Process
• List of Open Source Licenses
• Open Source Trademark Application
• List of Licenses -- as of 8-14-00
• Embedded systems & OS/FS
• OpenSales -- DRAFT developers agreement

September 2000

• OpenSales -- DRAFT developers agreement
• License List -- as of 9-11-00
• Board Approvals
• Qt and the GPL

November 2000

• License Reviews
• OSI Website

January 2001

• Re: IPL as a burden
• OSI compliance requiring software to be "free beer"?
• To the keepers of the holy grail of Open Source
• Cherry-picking license proposals
• trademarked logos and GPL
• Re: IPL as a burden
• Re: IPL as a burden
• trademarked logos and GPL
• trademarked logos and GPL
• trademarked logos and GPL
• trademarked logos and GPL

February 2001

• Converting/Splitting Code - Open to Closed
• Converting/Splitting Code - Open to Closed
• Assigning copyright
• Transfer of Copyright
• What is Copyleft?

March 2001

• Intuit License
• Marking books that relate to OSI Certifed software.

April 2001

• Certification Mark: OSI Certified
• Certification Mark: OSI Certified
• namespace protection compatible with the OSD?
• namespace protection compatible with the OSD?
• namespace protection compatible with the OSD?
• copyrightable APIs? (was RE: namespace protection compatible wit

May 2001

• Newly approved licenses
• Re: IBM Public License

June 2001

• Copyright & License Questions
• Copyright & License Questions
• Copyright & License Questions
• Permissive Public License: proposed new open-source license
• Interesting Microsoft license clause re open source
• Interesting Microsoft license clause re open source

August 2001

• GPLv2 'web-app loophole'

September 2001

• License backlog - OSI is making itself irrellevant
• Contract or License?
• Contract or License?
• Contract or License?
• Open source + commercial
• click, click, boom
• forums

October 2001

• Is inherited class a derivative work?
• Is inherited class a derivative work?
• Can anyone say his or her software is open source?

January 2002

• paradox Open Source / Open Content
• NCSA Open Source License
• NCSA Open Source License
• Re: Advertising Clauses in Licenses
• NCSA Open Source License
• Re: Advertising Clauses in Licenses
• Re: Advertising Clauses in Licenses
• Re: Advertising Clauses in Licenses
• Re: Advertising Clauses in Licenses
• NCSA Open Source License

March 2002

• Off topic question re Export controls
• OSD modification regarding what license can require of user
• OSD modification regarding what license can require of user
• Re: Static v. Dynamic Linking -- redux
• Re: Static v. Dynamic Linking -- redux
• Discuss: UoI/NCSA Open Source License
• Re: University of Illinois/NCSA Open Source License

May 2002

• violation of GPLv2 - remedies?

June 2002

• EULAs
• Executions for piracy
• Academic Free License
• Academic Free License
• Academic Free License
• Academic Free License
• Academic Free License

July 2002

• Open Software License version 1.0

August 2002

• question about the term "source"
• discuss: SHPTRANS License Template
• Open Software License
• OSL Version 1.0 dated 8/2/2002
• Legal soundness comes to open source distribution
• OSL Version 1.0 dated 8/2/2002
• Legal soundness comes to open source distribution
• OSL Version 1.0 dated 8/2/2002
• OSL Version 1.0 dated 8/2/2002
• Legal soundness comes to open source distribution
• Legal soundness comes to open source distribution
• A practical example of a click-wrap license
• A practical example of a click-wrap license
• A practical example of a click-wrap license
• RPSL pre-discussion
• Click-wrap licenses (RE: slashdot post)
• A practical example of a click-wrap license
• A practical example of a click-wrap license
• A practical example of a click-wrap license
• Legal soundness comes to open source distribution
• A new "use" clause in the OSD
• Open Source Click-Wrap Notice
• Open Source Click-Wrap Notice
• Open Source Click-Wrap Notice
• Open Source Click-Wrap Notice
• Open Source Click-Wrap Notice
• Open Source Click-Wrap Notice
• Use Restrictions and UCITA
• Open Source Click-Wrap Notice
• Open Source Click-Wrap Notice
• Open Source Click-Wrap Notice
• Open Source Click-Wrap Notice
• Open Source Click-Wrap Notice
• click once, accept all licenses.
• Legal soundness comes to open source distribution
• Legal soundness comes to open source distribution
• Legal soundness comes to open source distribution
• Legal soundness comes to open source distribution
• Academic Free License
• discuss: Modified Artistic License (eNetwizard Content Application Server)
• Re: discuss: Modified Artistic License (eNetwizard Content Application
• Re: discuss: Modified Artistic License (eNetwizard Content Application

September 2002

• Addendums to the LGPL

October 2002

• Re: Moral Rights (was Simplified Artistic License (A Proposed Compromise))
• Re: Moral Rights (was Simplified Artistic License (A Proposed Compromise))
• Procedure for using an approved license
• Re: Simplified Artistic License [osd]
• Procedure for using an approved license
• Warranty
• OSI certification mark and BSD licence
• OSI certification mark and BSD licence
• Revised versions of the OSL and AFL
• Revised versions of the OSL and AFL
• Copyright
• Copyright
• Copyright
• a proposed change to the OSD
• a proposed change to the OSD
• a proposed change to the OSD
• a proposed change to the OSD
• BXAPL - request for comments
• click-wrap is legally supportable?
• a proposed change to the OSD
• click-wrap is legally supportable?
• BXAPL - request for comments
• Right to Use
• Right to Use
• Right to Use
• Right to Use
• Right to Use
• Re: OSL Version
• Manifestation of Assent
• Manifestation of Assent
• Manifestation of Assent
• Manifestation of Assent
• Manifestation of Assent
• Manifestation of Assent
• Right to Use
• Manifestation of Assent
• OSL 1.1 treatment of documentation
• Manifestation of Assent and the OSL
• OSL 1.1 treatment of documentation
• Manifestation of Assent and the OSL
• Provision in OSL regarding Manifestation of Assent

November 2002

• Two changes to OSL
• a proposed change to the OSD
• a proposed change to the OSD
• Plan 9 license
• Approval Requested for AFL 1.2 and OSL 1.1
• Approval Requested for AFL 1.2 and OSL 1.1
• Approval Requested for AFL 1.2 and OSL 1.1
• Approval Requested for AFL 1.2 and OSL 1.1
• Approval Requested for AFL 1.2 and OSL 1.1
• OSL and AFL in other countries
• Express and implied warranties in software licenses
• Approval Requested for AFL 1.2 and OSL 1.1
• Approval Requested for AFL 1.2 and OSL 1.1
• a data licensing problem
• a data licensing problem
• a data licensing problem
• a data licensing problem
• Approval Request: RPSL 1.0
• W3C Patent Policy
• Approval Requested for AFL 1.2 and OSL 1.1
• discuss: Request for license approval...
• time frame between request for approval and acknowledgement of request?
• Royalty-free Patent Policies for Open Source?
• Royalty-free Patent Policies for Open Source?
• Academic Free License questions
• Academic Free License questions
• Royalty-free Patent Policies for Open Source?
• time frame between request for approval and acknowledgement of request?
• MPL section 2.2, and patent grants on derivative works
• Academic Free License questions

December 2002

• discuss: Open Methodology License

January 2003

• "Derivative Work" for Software Defined
• "Derivative Work" for Software Defined
• "Derivative Work" for Software Defined
• "Derivative Work" for Software Defined
• "Derivative Work" for Software Defined
• "Derivative Work" for Software Defined
• "Derivative Work" for Software Defined
• "Derivative Work" for Software Defined
• "Derivative Work" for Software Defined
• Model Code for the OSD
• Model Code for the OSD
• Model Code for the OSD
• OSD Model Code -- Article 1 (Free Distribution)
• OSD Model Code -- Article 1 (Free Distribution)
• OSD Model Code -- Article 1 (Free Distribution)
• from advogato, open source licenses revokable?
• from advogato, open source licenses revokable?

February 2003

• Re: DMCA and garage door openers
• discuss: No Warranty License.

March 2003

• legal issues under GPL
• Compatibility of the AFL with the GPL
• Compatibility of the AFL with the GPL
• Compatibility of the AFL with the GPL
• Compatibility of the AFL with the GPL
• Compatibility of the AFL with the GPL
• Compatibility of the AFL with the GPL
• Compatibility of the AFL with the GPL
• Compatibility of the AFL with the GPL
• Compatibility of the AFL with the GPL
• Compatibility of the AFL with the GPL
• Compatibility of the AFL with the GPL
• Compatibility of the AFL with the GPL
• Please add "Public Domain" to "license" list
• Please add "Public Domain" to "license" list
• Please add "Public Domain" to "license" list
• Compatibility of the AFL with the GPL
• What about LGPL? Re: Compatibility of the AFL with the GPL
• Please add "Public Domain" to "license" list
• Please add "Public Domain" to "license" list
• Please add "Public Domain" to "license" list
• Please add "Public Domain" to "license" list
• What happens when the copyright expires ?
• What happens when the copyright expires ?
• IETF Patent Licenses are RAND
• IETF Patent Licenses are RAND
• Defense against Patents
• Defense against Patents
• Licensing Model: open downstream apps or proprietary license

April 2003

• Warranty
• Re: Licensing Model: Joint Copyright Assignments
• Re: Licensing Model: Joint Copyright Assignments
• Re: Licensing Model: Joint Copyright Assignments
• Re: Licensing Model: Joint Copyright Assignments
• Re: Licensing Model: Joint Copyright Assignments
• Re: Licensing Model: Joint Copyright Assignments
• Re: Licensing Model: Joint Copyright Assignments
• License Approval Committee

May 2003

• Enforcing the DMCA Internationally
• For approval: ENCUL

June 2003

• Re: Need consulting
• Open Software License (OSL) version 2.0

July 2003

• Open source and trademarks
• Re: license idea (revised)
• Academic Free License version 2.0

August 2003

• Academic Free License version 2.0
• Validity of the OSL version 2.0 license in Europe
• Can abandonment be irrevocable?
• Can abandonment be irrevocable?
• Re: [CNI-(C)] Re: Open Source Licensing

September 2003

• Re: [CNI-(C)] Re: Public Access to Science Act (Sabo Bill, H.R. 2613)
• Selecting an open source license
• Termination for Patent Action
• For Approval: Open Source Software Alliance License
• Termination for Patent Action

October 2003

• Facts please
• OSD#5 needs a patch?
• OSD#5 needs a patch?
• OSD#5 needs a patch?
• OSD#5 needs a patch?
• OSD#5 needs a patch?

November 2003

• For Approval: HAL, Hermes Attribution License
• OFF-TOPIC - The SCO suit
• non-aggression pacts for patents and the GPL
• Re: Microsoft Office 2003 XML Schemas

December 2003

• Court Forces SCO to Show Code Within 30 Days
• Court Forces SCO to Show Code Within 30 Days
• Viral licenses (was: wxWindows library...)
• For Approval: CUA Office Public License
• Why?
• Will we be sued?

January 2004

• For approval: Open Test License v1.1
• IBM's open patent licensing policy
• Public domain mistake?

February 2004

• The Copyright Act preempts the GPL
• The Copyright Act preempts the GPL
• The Copyright Act preempts the GPL
• Initial Developer's Public License
• Initial Developer's Public License
• For Approval: NASA Open Source Agreement Version 1.1
• Initial Developer's Public License
• For Approval: NASA Open Source Agreement Version 1.1
• For Approval: NASA Open Source Agreement Version 1.1
• CPL

March 2004

• Re: [les-software] disclosure of known defects
• Re: [DotGNU]proposal: DotGNU Trademark License
• Re: [DotGNU]proposal: DotGNU Trademark License
• OSL/AFL version 2.1 submitted for approval
• Discussion of OSL/AFL version 2.1 section 10

April 2004

• OSL 2.0 and linking of libraries
• License for a document or presentation?
• License for a document or presentation?

May 2004

• Submitting a new license or using the current ones
• Why "open-source" means "free to distribute"?
• Browsewrap Agreements
• Browsewrap Agreements

June 2004

• Which license to use for MFC based software?
• Creative Commons Attribution
• For Approval: Educational Community License
• Effect of the MySQL FLOSS License Exception?
• Effect of the MySQL FLOSS License Exception?
• Effect of the MySQL FLOSS License Exception?
• testing kit conformance as a condition of distribution

July 2004

• On the licensing terms of the open source licenses text
• AFL - non-sublicenseable versus distributable
• Help Selecting License

August 2004

• Open Source Licensing

September 2004

• Re: Your Opinion Requested
• compatibility and the OSD
• compatibility and the OSD
• compatibility and the OSD
• compatibility and the OSD
• For Approval: Academic Citing License
• Re: AFL termination for patent action mutuality

October 2004

• Re: Email Authentication Summit - Comments
• Creative Commons and public domain declarations
• Re: [CNI-(C)] WIPO backs Development Agenda, and new approaches to innovation and creativity
• question about bsd-style license requirements - accidental recipr ocity?

November 2004

• Re: License question: Open Software License 2.1
• Re: License question: Open Software License 2.1 - obligation to provide source
• Re: For Approval: Some License Or Another
• Re: For Approval: Some License Or Another

December 2004

• Open Source and Open Standards
• pruning "dead" licenses
• FOR APPROVAL: OZPLB Licence
• For Approval: MN Open Content License 1.0

January 2005

• question about copying small amounts of code from BSD, MIT or Apache 1.1 licensed open source...
• question about copying small amounts of code from BSD, MIT or Apache 1.1 licensed open source...
• license with patent grants appropriate for specifications?
• license with patent grants appropriate for specifications?
• Interview about Open Source and IBM's 500 patents
• license with patent grants appropriate for specifications?
• license with patent grants appropriate for specifications?
• open source medical software

February 2005

• Best base license to pick?
• Best base license to pick?
• Best base license to pick?
• Release comercial application's sources as GPL but with restriction in usage
• A Call to Action in OASIS

March 2005

• CIO Magazine on Open Source
• restricting the use of open source software

April 2005

• A prototype License Wizard up and running
• A prototype License Wizard up and running
• OSL 2.1 for textbooks
• No RAND in OASIS
• Copy-Back License draft for discussion
• Aharonian's theory of non-copyrightability of software

May 2005

• LGPL vs GPLv2

July 2005

• OVPL - wrap-up of objections
• OVPL - wrap-up of objections
• OVPL - wrap-up of objections

August 2005

• DRAFT: OSL version 3.0
• OSL 3.0 section 6 ["Attribution Rights"]
• DRAFT: OSL version 3.0
• OSL 3.0 section 6 ["Attribution Rights"]
• de-recomendation of Larry Rosen's licenses/clarify web site
• I'd love a change of topic
• Change ot topic, back to OVPL
• Change ot topic, back to OVPL
• Contracts vs. bare licenses (was RE: Change ot topic, back to OVPL)
• Contracts vs. bare licenses (was RE: Change ot topic, back to OVPL)
• OVPL & "Otherwise Make Available" (was RE: Change ot topic, back to OVPL)
• OVPL & "Otherwise Make Available" (was RE: Change ot topic, back to OVPL)
• OVPL & "Otherwise Make Available" (was RE: Change ot topic, back to OVPL)
• OVPL & "Otherwise Make Available" (was RE: Change ot topic, back to OVPL)
• License Proliferation
• There is a separate list for license proliferation discussions

September 2005

• License Proliferation
• License Proliferation and OSL 3.0
• Re: License Proliferation and OSL 3.0 (part 2)
• License Committee Report for September 2005
• Submitted for Approval: OSL 3.0 and AFL 3.0
• Submitted for Approval: OSL 3.0 and AFL 3.0
• OSL for libraries (was Re: Submitted for Approval: OSL 3.0 and AFL 3.0)
• Submitted for Approval: OSL 3.0 and AFL 3.0
• OSL for libraries (was Re: Submitted for Approval: OSL 3.0 and AFL 3.0)
• Re: Derivative Works of OSL 3.0 and AFL 3.0 [Section 16]
• For Approfal: OSL 3.0 and AFL 3.0
• For Approval: OSL 3.0 and AFL 3.0
• Re: OVPL summary
• Re: OVPL summary
• Re: OVPL summary
• External deployment / Otherwise Make Available (was Re: OVPL summary)
• OSL 3.0 questions
• External deployment / Otherwise Make Available (was Re: OVPL summary)
• External deployment / Otherwise Make Available (was Re: OVPL summary)
• External deployment / Otherwise Make Available (was Re: OVPL summary)
• Sun's Covenenant in OASIS

January 2006

• Question Regarding GPL
• Question Regarding GPL
• Question Regarding GPL
• License for the Service Data Objects JavaDoc and Interface Defini tion files
• Attribution Notices

February 2006

• Help in choosing appropriate open-source license...
• Re: OSL 3.0: informing licensees of their rights
• Re: OSL 3.0: informing licensees of their rights

March 2006

• Re: OSL 3.0: informing licensees of their rights

April 2006

• BitTorrent
• BitTorrent

July 2006

• Re: Policy for attribution
• Re: For Approval: Broad Institute Public License (BIPL)
• Re: For Approval: TrueCrypt Collective License Version 2.0
• Re: For Approval: Broad Institute Public License (BIPL)
• Re: For Approval: Broad Institute Public License (BIPL)
• Re: For Approval: Broad Institute Public License (BIPL)
• Re: For Approval: Broad Institute Public License (BIPL)

October 2006

• Using AFL/OSL for open source and commercial software contributions/distributions

November 2006

• Re: For Approval: TrueCrypt Collective License Version 2.0
• Re: "Biological Open Source"
• Re: ZDNet article - why attribution matters
• Re: ZDNet article - why attribution matters
• Re: APL license - What about the enforced logos?
• Re: APL license - What about the enforced logos?

December 2006

• Re: For Approval: Generic Attribution Provision]
• Re: For Approval: Generic Attribution Provision]
• Re: For Approval: Generic Attribution Provision]

January 2007

• Re: non-military use license
• Re: non-military use license
• Re: Dispelling BSD License Misconceptions (fwd)
• IETF IP Contribution Policy
• Re: IETF IP Contribution Policy
• Re: IETF IP Contribution Policy
• Re: IETF IP Contribution Policy
• Re: SocialText license discussion--call for closure of arguments
• Re: For Approval: Generic Attribution Provision]
• Re: For Approval: Generic Attribution Provision]
• Re: IETF IP Contribution Policy
• IETF IP Contribution Policy
• Re: delite me from your mailing list
• Re: Dynamic linking, was: Re: Dispelling BSD License Misconceptions
• Re: Dynamic linking, was: Re: Dispelling BSD License Misconceptions

February 2007

• Re: Attribution & the Adaptive Public License

March 2007

• Re: Followup on Exhibit B licences
• Re: Followup on Exhibit B licences
• Re: Followup on Exhibit B licences
• Re: For Approval: Common Precertification Development and Distribution License
• Re: Followup on Exhibit B licences

April 2007

• AFL 3.0
• Re: AFL 3.0
• Re: License Proliferation Dissatisfaction
• Re: License Proliferation Dissatisfaction
• Re: License Proliferation Dissatisfaction

May 2007

• Re: Contributor License Agreements
• Re: Patent Liability Insurance

July 2007

• Re: how much right do I have on my project, if there are patches by others?
• Re: Near Public Domain license
• Re: jurisdiction and venue

August 2007

• Re: conducting a sane and efficient GPLv3, LGPLv3 Review
• Re: conducting a sane and efficient GPLv3, LGPLv3 Review
• Re: conducting a sane and efficient GPLv3, LGPLv3 Review
• Re: conducting a sane and efficient GPLv3, LGPLv3 Review
• Re: conducting a sane and efficient GPLv3, LGPLv3 Review
• Re: conducting a sane and efficient GPLv3, LGPLv3 Review
• Re: conducting a sane and efficient GPLv3, LGPLv3 Review
• For Approval: Non-Profit OSL 3.0
• Re: For Approval: Non-Profit OSL 3.0
• Re: For Approval: Non-Profit OSL 3.0
• Re: For Approval: Microsoft Community License
• Re: MS-PL/GPL compatibility, was Re: For Approval: Microsoft Permissive License
• Re: MS-PL/GPL compatibility, was Re: For Approval: Microsoft Permissive License
• Re: (OT) - Major Blow to Copyleft Theory

September 2007

• Re: Automatic GPL termination
• Re: a plea
• Re: OSI Approval process
• Re: OSI Approval process
• AFL 3.0
• Re: RPL 1.5 discussion
• Scope of copyright on compliations and derivative works
• Re: Scope of copyright on derivative works

October 2007

• Re: For Approval: BSD License, PostgreSQL Variant
• Re: For Approval: BSD License, PostgreSQL Variant
• Re: For Approval: BSD License, PostgreSQL Variant
• BSD-like licenses and the OSI approval process
• Re: BSD-like licenses and the OSI approval process
• Re: BSD-like licenses and the OSI approval process
• Re: BSD-like licenses and the OSI approval process
• Re: BSD-like licenses and the OSI approval process
• Re: BSD-like licenses and the OSI approval process
• Re: BSD-like licenses and the OSI approval process
• Re: BSD-like licenses and the OSI approval process
• AFL source code obligation
• Re: rms@1407.org claiming "licenses aren't contracts" and that...
• A priori IPR choices for IETF specifications
• Re: A priori IPR choices

November 2007

• Re: What should the License Result Communication Process be?
• Re: For Approval: The Simplified BSD License
• Re: Question on OSD #5
• Re: Call for Votes: New OSI-Editors List
• Re: public? Re: Call for Votes: New OSI-Editors List
• Re: public? Re: Call for Votes: New OSI-Editors List
• Editorial Board
• Re: Editorial Board, Take 2 - vs. Trac Maintainers

December 2007

• Re: Editorial Board, Take 2 - vs. Trac Maintainers
• Re: Take 3: Editors and Trackers
• Re: license categories, was: I'm not supposed to use the ECL v2?
• Re: When to evaluate dual licenses (was: license categories, was: I'm not supposed to use the ECL v2?)
• Re: Question on OSD #5
• Re: Question on OSD #5
• Re: Question on OSD #5

January 2008

• OSL 3.0 Explained
• Re: DRAFT FAQ: Free vs. Open
• Re: DRAFT FAQ: Free vs. Open
• Re: (OT) - NOT A Major Blow to Copyleft Theory

February 2008

• Re: encforceability of Open Source Licences (Re: (OT) - NOT A Major Blow to Copyleft Theory)

March 2008

• Re: Public domain software is not open-source?
• Re: Public domain software is not open-source?

July 2008

• Re: distributing GPL libreries
• Re: distributing GPL libreries
• Re: distributing GPL libreries

August 2008

• Re: Strong Court Ruling Upholds the Artistic License (fwd)

September 2008

• Re: License Committee Report for September 2008
• Re: License Committee Report for September 2008
• Re: License Committee Report for September 2008
• Re: Apache License v2.0
• Re: Apache License v2.0
• Re: Apache License v2.0

October 2008

• Comments on the Jacobsen case

November 2008

• Re: What's the difference between OSL and LGPL?

December 2008

• Re: Looking for BSD-style license with "modified" clause

March 2009

• Re: [Ossi] DISA to open source administrative software
• Re: GPL with the Classpath exception - clarification needed
• Re: GPL with the Classpath exception - clarification needed

August 2009

• Re: How do I choose a licence
• Open Source and Free Software 2009
• Linking GPL software with Apache software
• Re: combining software under different licenses

October 2009

• Re: question about AGPLv3, OSLv3, the keyword 'communicate'
• Re: question about AGPLv3, OSLv3, the keyword 'communicate'
• Re: Use of LGPL images in proprietary software?
• Re: Open Source application GPL legality

December 2009

• OKL4 license

March 2010

• Re: Open Source Decision Models

May 2010

• Google's patent license for VP8 [was: Google WebM?]

June 2010

• Re: [FTF-Legal] Fwd: WebM license resolution.

September 2010

• Introducing OWFa and CLA 1.0

March 2011

• Announcing OWFa and CLA 1.0
• Why use a CLA?

April 2011

• Re: Towards an OSI-approved "waive all rights" software license
• Re: Towards an OSI-approved "waive all rights" software license
• Re: Towards an OSI-approved "waive all rights" software license
• Re: Towards an OSI-approved "waive all rights" software license

May 2011

• Re: NASA requests help finding gov't use of standard OSS licenses.

July 2011

• Re: AFL questions
• Re: IP Clearance
• Re: IP Clearance

August 2011

• Re: Which DUAL Licence should I choose.

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