Re: Request for Evaluation of Lachesis Open License

* PEPPÈ Santarsiero:

> I am writing to request the evaluation of the Lachesis Open License,
> which I have recently drafted. I have just submitted this license
> for evaluation to the Open Source Initiative (OSI) and would like to
> discuss any proposed modifications they may suggest.

Do you expect this license to be compatible with the GPL version 3?
The GPL version 3 does *not* enforce copyleft, it actually encourages
in some cases to restrict further distribution and modification.
Quoting from the GPL:

| Those thus making or running the covered works for you must do so
| exclusively on your behalf, under your direction and control, on
| terms that prohibit them from making any copies of your copyrighted
| material outside their relationship with you.

If a work under the Lachesis Open License does not contain a source
code distribution mechanism for itself, does the license create an
obligation to create one if the work is used in certain ways (say, if
it is used in hosting/streaming)?  This would be far more problematic
than the AGPL situation because there, the network-based source code
distribution obligation only kicks in after making modifications, so
in practice it is possible to be compliant even if the AGPL-covered
work does not help with source code distribution.  I do not see a
similar condition in the Lachesis Open License.  This could
effectively create a restriction on field of use.