Post-Open License: First Draft – Bruce Perens (perens.com)

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I read the question and discussion started by @haui_lemmy@lemmy.giftedmc.com and it got me thinking about where Bruce Perens' Post-Open Licence project was at. I missed the news that a first draft has been published.

The announcement from Bruce includes the below summary:

At the link below is the first draft of the Post-Open License. This is not yet the product of a qualified attorney, and you shouldn’t apply it to your own work yet. There isn’t context for this license yet, so some things won’t make sense: for example the license is administered by an entity called the “POST-OPEN ADMINISTRATION” and I haven’t figured out how to structure that organization so that people can trust it. There are probably also terms I can’t get away with legally, this awaits work with a lawyer.

Because the license attempts to handle very many problems that have arisen with Open Source licensing, it’s big. It’s approaching the size of AGPL3, which I guess is a metric for a relatively modern license, since AGPL3 is now 17 years old.

Send comments privately to bruce at perens dot com.

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[-] TootSweet@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I'd love a Cliff's Notes version of this draft.

The arbitration agreement seems really sketch, though.

[-] pastermil@sh.itjust.works 3 points 7 months ago

I'm intersted in what you can do with this (compared with the current open source licenses).

[-] maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone 1 points 7 months ago

This interview has been posted before but I'm sharing it again as it gives an insight into Bruce's thoughts.

[-] maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone 0 points 7 months ago

Nothing yet. It's a draft and the first one at that. It's not meant to be used for anything. It could be some time before anything comes of this, if anything does come of it.