[Harmony-Drafting] copyleft outbound licensing

[Allison Randal]

On 06/22/2011 12:36 PM, Walter van Holst wrote:
> On 6/22/11 7:30 PM, Allison Randal wrote:
> 
>> My proposal, based on Bradley's comments, is that we drop Option Four,
>> and in our usage guide explain that the best way to capture "only
>> copyleft licenses" is Option Two with an explicit list of the copyleft
>> licenses the project supports.
> 
> Not having participated in today's call I may be giving a redundant
> option: why not rephrase option 4 as one explicitly mentioning all
> currently known copyleft licenses that are certified by OSI? Or maybe a
> subset (to curb license proliferation).

It's a sensible proposal, given our Option Three. Unfortunately, OSI
doesn't define which licenses are "copyleft", so that ultimately
wouldn't help us establish a general category. And, it's tricky to
choose a specific subset, since the list is sure to change in the future.

Allison