Licensing guidelines suggestions

[Tom "spot" Callaway]

On Tue, 2007-08-07 at 21:21 +0200, Axel Thimm wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 07, 2007 at 10:36:15AM -0400, Tom spot Callaway wrote:
> > The goal of The Fedora Project is to work with the Linux community to
> > build a complete, general purpose operating system exclusively from open
> > source software. In accordance with that, all packages included in
> > Fedora must be covered under an approved license. The Fedora approved
> > license list is generated from the [[link OSI]] and [[link FSF]] lists,
> > but since those lists conflict with each other, only licenses explicitly
> > listed here are approved for use in Fedora.
> 
> BTW who decides on adding new licenses to this list, the board?
> 
> I'm asking because sometimes, especially in the natural sciences
> field, authors have been creative in this area, and while most
> licenses are indeed free, they need to be thrown at someone to approve
> them.

I do, right now. If its not listed on either OSI or FSF, I usually send
it to the FSF for review, and they respond within a day or two
(usually).

~spot