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. This report is slightly modified from the November report, which I did not submit. -- Title: mindmason license (MML) Submission: http://crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?3:mss:8573:chcedgdidbncghbgaaol License: in the submission. Comments: There has been some discussion, but nothing conclusive. The requirement to notify the Original Author is not acceptable since it puts the onus on the licensee to effectively notify the Original Author. This process must be done in a way that spells out exactly how that notification occurs, and if there is any failure in the notification process, the default must be to allow distribution. Recommend: rejection. Title: Allegro giftware license Submission: http://crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?3:mss:8647:200409:ncnfkeknbbmhcknnelja Withdrawn: http://crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?3:mss:8718:ncnfkeknbbmhcknnelja Recommend: no action needed. Title: Academic Citing License Submission: http://crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?3:mss:8728:200409:mmpfkiadnfpihdobmdkc License: in the submission. Comments: Stephen C. North, among others, agrees with me that the requirement to cite the software is a restriction on use rather than distribution. Since we very much want to keep that camel's nose out of the tent, we should reject this license, well-intentioned though it is. Recommend: rejection. Title: Educational Community License Submission: http://crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?3:mss:8241:200406:bhdlpklblgkoobnmifcc License: http://wheeler.kelley.indiana.edu/ecl1.htm Comments: Ernie and Rod both agreed it was compliant. I think that it's just not that unique a license, however it's clear that they have thought carefully about the terms although perhaps not so carefully about license proliferation. Recommend: approval. Title: TURKIX PUBLIC LICENSE Submission: http://crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?3:mss:8862:200410:ldicfnokcepogiogbmch Withdrawn: http://crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?3:mss:8870:200410:ldicfnokcepogiogbmch Title: OZPLB Licence Submission: http://crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?3:mss:8849:200410:jneejnfcgpacdjcfbokf License: http://nicta.com.au/ozplb_licence.cfm Comments: no comments. Recommend: approvable, but I expect they will hold it for improvements. For now, table it until we hear from them. Title: MirOS Licence Template & OpenBSD License Template Submission: http://crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?3:mss:8907:200411:ifijhbodihcacgebbjkb License: Comments: Sigh. Both these licenses are obviously open source, they are trivial changes from the BSD license, and yet the authors insist on using them rather than the BSD license. Recommend: rejection because not submitted in proper form. If submitted in the full form, then approval. Title: Common Development and Distribution License (CDDL) Submission: http://crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?3:mss:9249:andlakjgknifadmkojmb License: http://www.sun.com/cddl/ Comments: none on the resubmission, however everyone agrees that the license is clearly open source given its genesis as changes to the MPL. Recommend: approval. Title: Adaptive Public License Submission: http://www.crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?3:mss:6913:200305:bogcdnbbhnfbgpdeahob Resubmission: http://www.crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?3:mss:8123:hdjnilkpapgpfpghjfmc License: http://www.mamook.net/APL.html Comments: Rod Dixon suggests rejection: http://www.crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?3:mss:8045:fhjijdochomcjklebdkl, but his concerns were addressed by the submittor. Carmen Leeming says that it is being used by an existing package. John Cowan suggests rejection: http://www.crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?3:mss:8052:loibmlinjjjdfphlpgpj because of section 3.2, which requires at-cost distribution of executables. Carmen addresses this point in the resubmission. Recommend: approval. -- --My blog is at angry-economist.russnelson.com | Violence never solves Crynwr sells support for free software | PGPok | problems, it just changes 521 Pleasant Valley Rd. | +1 212-202-2318 voice | them into more subtle Potsdam, NY 13676-3213 | FWD# 404529 via VOIP | problems.