The Any FOSS License License
This software is available under the terms of any license that currently appears on the list of approved open source licenses published by the Open Source Initiative or the list of approved free software licenses published by the Free Software Foundation.
@cwebber Great idea until Stallman dies and the FSF gets taken over by the Crown Prince of Korea, who thinks the Business Source Licence is great and they should approve it
@dos @dpk well the joke is that it's as permissive/lax of a license as the most permissive/lax license in effect, but most lax licenses aren't lax because they can be relicensed, they still ordinarily operate under the terms of the original license, unless there's a specific clause for relicensing
But GPLv3 "or later" has the challenge where you have to trust the FSF, and that does have that challenge (and is meant to evoke thoughts about that)
License upgrade stewardship is a tough problem.
@cwebber @dos @dpk section 14 contains:
"Such new versions will be similar in spirit to the present version, but may differ in detail to address new problems or concerns."
"Later license versions may give you additional or different permissions. However, no additional obligations are imposed on any author or copyright holder as a result of your choosing to follow a later version."
That's not much wiggle room without risking legal uncertainty. 🤷♀️ I'm ok with that.
@kpcyrd @cwebber @dpk Even without these clauses the outcome would likely be similar in western jurisdictions if a hostile takeover was attempted, but there's of course no way to know for sure without actually having a court decide (at which point it's already costing you time, effort and money), so every bit of reassurance/deterrence helps anyway 😁
