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APSL 1.1 Released

Posted by justin++ on from the better-yes/no? dept.

blaster writes "Apple has released version 1.1 of the APSL which has revisions to the notification and termination clauses. " Can we sic debian-legal on it? Hopefully, Apple has addressed all the concerns of the community, but I am no lawyer, and that thing looks waaay too long.

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  1. Looks much better by Bruce+Perens · · Score: 4
    Hi Everyone,

    Alan Cox and I are in Reykjavik, Iceland speaking at a Linux and Open Source conference. It's been an adventure. Pictures next week.

    This version of the APSL looks much better. I've downloaded a copy and will go over it in detail, but from my first reading, the things I complained about (with Debian and SPI folks) seem to have been addressed. Thanks, Apple!

    I'll be back on Sunday.

    Thanks

    Bruce Perens

    --
    Bruce Perens.
  2. OSI is hearing the community out. by bbehlen · · Score: 4

    Disclaimer: I'm one of the newer members of the OSI Board. I don't speak for them, at least right now I'm not.

    After the APSL 1.0 situation, OSI started a mailing list to review licenses submitted to us for validation as Open Source. To subscribe, send mail to license-discuss-subscribe@opensource.org.

    We had the chance to put OSI certification on the APSL 1.1 for their press release today; but because we weren't allowed to share the new license with license-discuss beforehand, we chose not to give it certification, even though we on the board were confident the new license would pass. But in the spirit of "all bugs are shallow given sufficient eyeballs", we thought it'd be best to see what the community thought of the proposed changes, specifically along the lines of conformance to the OSD.

    Thanks,

    Brian