Re: Request for Evaluation of Lachesis Open License

On Fri, 11 Oct 2024 15:06:15 +0200 Marc Haber wrote:

> On Fri, Oct 11, 2024 at 07:40:09AM +0200, Michael Stehmann wrote:
> > Please do not develop new Free Software lincences.
> > 
> > We still have more than 140.
> > 
> > We need perhaps 3 to 5.
> > 
> > Compliance checks are difficult enough now!
> > 
> > So please do not develop new Free Software lincences!
> 
> This. Absolutely.
> 
> Please do not develop new Free Software lincences.

Indeed.

Dear Giuseppe,
please do everything in your power to avoid inventing a new license!

If you want to release software under copyleft terms, please, please,
please use the GNU GPL license.

If you prefer to release software under non-copyleft permissive terms,
please use the [Expat] license.

[Expat]: <https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/License:Expat>

The circumstances where you really need some other license are very
uncommon.

Even more exceptional are the circumstances where you really have no
better options than writing your own custom license...
You'll have to present a really solid case to persuade most
debian-legal regulars that a new custom license is the best way forward.


To conclude: we need more Free Software, more Free Software
developers/maintainers, more Debian contributors, more time to devote
to Free Software, but, no, we definitely do _not_ need more Free
Software licenses!


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