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In February, the License-Review mailing list discussed:

• Convertible Free Software License (C-FSL)
• Twente License
• Server Side Public License, Version 2 (SSPL v2)
• Review process, governance, and the OSD

In February, the License-Discuss mailing list discussed how to keep the mailing lists civil and to what degree the business model of a license submitter should be relevant.

In January, the License-Review mailing list discussed:

• the new license review process
• Server Side Public License, Version 2 (SSPL v2)
• Convertible Free Software License, Version 1.3 (C-FSL v1.3)
  • What are the problems with Original Authors?
  • How is the C-FSL different from CLAs or permissive licenses?
  • Why is the publication requirement a problem?
  • Can the C-FSL be OSI-approved?
• Convertible Free Software License, Version 1.4 (C-FSL v1.4)

In January, the License-Discuss mailing list discussed:

• the opensource.dev info site
• Open Data
• “intimacy” in Open Source licenses
  • process and interface boundaries
  • corresponding Source
  • is it a problem that the FSF introduced a new word?
  • making sense of the law, and bright lines
  • licensor expectations
• relicensing and maintainer–community dynamics
• VanL's upcoming copyleft license

I've been asked to provide monthly summaries of the license-review and license-discuss mailing lists. The summaries will also be posted on their respective lists, though this blog version includes detailed links into the list archives. Any feedback is welcome, though replies on the content should of course be made to the original threads.

This month's topics:

• International Licenses Redux
• Proposed license decision process
• "Consideration" in open source licenses
• Open source license with obligation to display an attribution?
• SSPL loose ends

I've been asked to provide monthly summaries of the license-review and license-discuss mailing lists. The summaries will also be posted on their respective lists, though this blog version includes detailed links into the list archives. Any feedback is welcome, though replies on the content should of course be made to the original threads.

This month's topics:

• License committee report and review status changes
• Server Side Public License, Version 2 (SSPL v2)
• Support for SSPL v2
• (A new license review process is being discussed on the license-discuss list)