<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><div class="">A constructive way forward may be to set out some tests that should be met for any license change for any issue. Maybe this exists already and I missed it. I’d suggest three tests below, but maybe someone here has better ones. I’m not sure *who* should judge this. Maybe a vote of some kind.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">SPIRIT - Does the suggested change maintain the spirit of the license?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>(Doesn’t require much elaboration I think, maybe I’m wrong)</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">HARM - Does the suggested change not harm the community or data?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>(This is the most squirrely, maybe it can be nailed down. I took it from Lawrence Lessig’s supreme court copyright case where the judges asked him to show the actual harm the DMCA (would have) caused.)</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">EFFORT - Does the suggested change merit the effort required?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>(The last license change was a monumental effort)</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Perhaps we could replace the HARM test with the MANY test:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">MANY - Does the suggested change help the many or the few?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div>Best<div class=""><br class=""><div class="">Steve Coast <a href="http://stevecoast.com/" class="">http://stevecoast.com/</a> +14087310937</div></div></div></body></html>