Beyond Licensing Working Group Proposal

The group needs a mailing list, which has already been created at [[[email protected]>>url:http://projects.opensource.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/beyond-licensing||rel="__blank"]].

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The group will use the OSI wiki for works in progress, and at a later date will publish pages on the main opensource.org website (after review by the board).

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= Deliverable that will be created =

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The group aims to draft a simple statement of principles of open source, inspired by the Open Source Definition, but addressing topics beyond copyright licenses.

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The group may also review/maintain existing documents about open source beyond copyright licensing, such as the [[Open Standards Requirement for Software>>https://opensource.org/osr||rel="__blank"]] and the [[Principles of DRM Nonaggression for Open Standards>>https://opensource.org/osr-drm||rel="__blank"]].

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= Description of how that deliverable satisfies a part of OSI's mission =

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This working group primarly supports two aspects of OSI's mission: "championing software freedom in society" and "preventing abuse of the ideals and ethos inherent to the open source movement". The group will explore/define aspects of open source beyond copyright licenses, with a goal of making a clear simple statement of principles, in much the same way that the OSD is a clear simple statement of the principles of open source copyright licenses.

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We are planning a 12-month initial run of the working group, and will evaluate next steps for the group after 12 months.

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		3	= Start date =
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		5	The initial list of volunteers signed on March 22nd, 2016, at an Open Source Sustainability Summit organized by O'Reilly.
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		7	The official start date will be the day the proposal is approved (April 21st board meeting).
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		9	= Initial members =
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		11	Working Group Chair: Deb Nicholson
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		13	Working Group Sponsor: Allison Randal
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		15	OSI General Manager: Patrick Masson
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		17	Other Contributors:
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		19	* Alicia Gibb
		20	* Brian Behlendorf
		21	* Chris Aniszczyk
		22	* Danese Cooper
		23	* Karen Sandler
		24	* Karl Fogel
		25	* Italo Vignoli
		26	* Leslie Hawthorn
		27	* Luke Faraone
		28	* Mikeal Rogers
		29	* Mike Milinkovich
		30	* Nadia Eghbal
		31	* Rachel Roumeliotis
		32	* Richard Fontana
		33	* Simon Phipps
		34	* Stefano Zacchiroli
		35	* Stephen Walli
		36	* Tony Wasserman
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		38	= Resources needed by group =
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		40	The group needs a mailing list, which has already been created at [[[email protected]>>url:http://projects.opensource.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/beyond-licensing\|\|rel="__blank"]].
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		42	The group will use the OSI wiki for works in progress, and at a later date will publish pages on the main opensource.org website (after review by the board).
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		45	= Deliverable that will be created =
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		47	The group aims to draft a simple statement of principles of open source, inspired by the Open Source Definition, but addressing topics beyond copyright licenses.
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		49	The group may also review/maintain existing documents about open source beyond copyright licensing, such as the [[Open Standards Requirement for Software>>https://opensource.org/osr\|\|rel="__blank"]] and the [[Principles of DRM Nonaggression for Open Standards>>https://opensource.org/osr-drm\|\|rel="__blank"]].
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		52	= Description of how that deliverable satisfies a part of OSI's mission =
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		54	This working group primarly supports two aspects of OSI's mission: "championing software freedom in society" and "preventing abuse of the ideals and ethos inherent to the open source movement". The group will explore/define aspects of open source beyond copyright licenses, with a goal of making a clear simple statement of principles, in much the same way that the OSD is a clear simple statement of the principles of open source copyright licenses.
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		57	= Target completion date =
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		59	We are planning a 12-month initial run of the working group, and will evaluate next steps for the group after 12 months.