[cab-discuss] CAB conf call

[Al Hopper]

On Thu, 8 Feb 2007, Simon Phipps wrote:

>
> On Feb 8, 2007, at 00:16, Casper.Dik at Sun.COM wrote:
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> >
> >> This meeting was scheduled at 21 hours notice, not two days.
> >
> > I think it was clear that the meeting was going to be held as soon as
> > Al floated the CAB position paper.
> >
> > There was also a feeling that the CAB had to meet in order to prevent
> > it from being overtaken by events.
>
> I was refuting Roy's assertion there was 2 days notice. I have no
> problem with the meeting, nor with the need to discuss in my absence.
> But I think waiting until next week to publish a position would have
> been both smart and respectful.
>

There was very close to 2 days notice.  See the bottom of this included
message and the header timestamps:

> From al at logical-approach.com Mon Feb  5 16:20:14 2007 -0600
> Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2007 16:20:14 -0600 (CST)
> From: Al Hopper <al at logical-approach.com>
> To: OpenSolaris-CAB at Sun.COM
> Subject: CAB/OGB position on GPLv3 dual license
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> I'm working on a draft of a statement of the CABs position related to dual
> licensing OpenSolaris with a CDDL/GPLv3 license.  What I'd like to do is
> publish a unamimous statement of position/direction and provide some
> CAB/OGB leadership for the project.
>
> So I'll define the first draft of the CABs position and get each CAB/OGB
> members up/down vote in regard to:
>
> a) the general decision related to dual licensing
> b) whether or not you can endorse the statement as it stands
> c) suggested edits before you could/would endorse it
>
> I'd like to present a clear position with minimal legalistic or political
> language and provide leadership position to the OpenSolaris project which
> will be useful for the entire community.  When this is complete and agreed
> to by a majority of the CAB/OGB, I'd like to push it to cab-discuss and
> opensolaris-discuss.
>
> Here is the first draft:
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>
> The CAB/OGB believes that there is little, if any, benefit to
> dual-licensing OpenSolaris with CDDL and the yet to be approved/upcoming
> GPLv3 license - aside from possible good press for the project.  In
> addition, the CAB/OGB believes that there are significant downsides to
> dual licensing, including, but not limited to, license complexity,
> confusion and the possibility of bad press from any exception language
> that such a license would inevitably require.  Further, the CAB/OGB
> believes that GPL* licensing OpenSolaris would be yielding to a small
> vocal minority of FOSS developers who use the lack of GPL licensing,
> purely as a means of fostering FUD towards the project and who will, in
> all likelyhood, find some other workable mechanism to continue to foster
> FUD towards the project.  The CAB/OGB believes that there are higher
> priority action items to be completed in order to build developer
> mindshare and that this opinion is held by a large number of current
> contributors and acts as a barrier to other potential contributors.
>
> The CAB/OGB recommends that any option related to GPLv3 dual licensing be
> re-assessed no sooner than 6 months after the GPLv3 has been published and
> approved and that any further discussions related to it postponed until
> that general timeframe. In addition the CAB/OGB believes that further
> discussion on GPL is merely a diversion and distraction that should be
> discouraged, so as to allow the community to concentrate on the higher
> priority action items, until that timeframe.
>
> ---------
>
> PS: I'd like to take this to cab-discuss ASAP (as soon as we have a
> workable first draft).  If this is not complete by Wednesday 7th, I'd like
> to schedule a CAB conference call with this item on the top of the agenda
> to get completed and published.
>
> Regards,
>
> Al Hopper  Logical Approach Inc, Plano, TX.  al at logical-approach.com
>            Voice: 972.379.2133 Fax: 972.379.2134  Timezone: US CDT
> OpenSolaris.Org Community Advisory Board (CAB) Member - Apr 2005
>              OpenSolaris Governing Board (OGB) Member - Feb 2006
>

Regards,

Al Hopper  Logical Approach Inc, Plano, TX.  al at logical-approach.com
           Voice: 972.379.2133 Fax: 972.379.2134  Timezone: US CDT
OpenSolaris.Org Community Advisory Board (CAB) Member - Apr 2005
             OpenSolaris Governing Board (OGB) Member - Feb 2006