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1 -The [[License Review>>url:http://lists.opensource.org/mailman/listinfo/license-review_lists.opensource.org]] mailing list [[is considering>>url:http://lists.opensource.org/pipermail/license-review_lists.opensource.org/2018-June/003384.html]] using a project management tool for public tracking of the license review process. This page is for collecting information related to this tool selection. Note that the license-review list and corresponding that license review process in general is related yet distinct from the license-discuss mailing list, which this document does address further.
1 +The [[License Review>>url:http://lists.opensource.org/mailman/listinfo/license-review_lists.opensource.org]] mailing list [[is considering>>url:http://lists.opensource.org/pipermail/license-review_lists.opensource.org/2018-June/003384.html]] using a project management tool for public tracking of the license review process. This page is for collecting information related to this tool selection. Note that the **license-review** list and corresponding that license review process in general distinct from the **license-discuss** mailing list, which this document does not address.
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3 3  The License Committee recommends hiring a person to aid in the identification and implementation of a better workflow for the review of licenses. We have decided that the current email-based system (Mailman) is inadequate as it is exceedingly difficult to follow discussions, which reduces participation. The tasks that this person will undertake are:
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22 22  * Ability to submit a license for review
23 23  * Being able to immediately identify the current state of review for a license (eg. "approved", "rejected", "new", "being redrafted", "invalid", "rejected", etc.)
24 24  * Ability to submit updated revisions of a license, without destroying previous ones or associated history. (Licenses often go through multiple rounds of revisions or drafts based on feedback received.)
25 -* Ability to comment on specific sections/words/lines of a given draft of license. (Sections of licenses that have been revised are, by that very fact, areas of interest)
25 +* Ability to comment on specific sections/words/lines of a given draft of license. (Sections of licenses that have been revised are areas of interest)
26 26  * Ability to comment on a license in a general sense
27 27  * Ability to moderate discussions (including removing comments, editing comments, banning users)
28 28  * Ability to close the process with the publication of an accompanying rationale document
29 -* Discussions must be publicly accessible, ie. without authentication
29 +* Discussions must be publicly accessible, without authentication
30 30  * Users must authenticate and maintain a consistent identity in order to comment/participate in the process
31 31  * Time-stamping of all comments and submissions
32 32  * Entirely separate discussions for each license

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