21 NOV 2022 - InnerSource License Working Group Meeting #2

chamindra commented 2 years ago

Date

Monday 21 NOV 2022 - 11:00am EST / 4:00pm UK

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[x] Convene & roll call (5mins)
[x] Display FINOS Antitrust Policy summary slide
[x] Review Meeting Notices (see above)
[x] Approve past meeting minutes
[x] Discuss gathering prior work in Inner Source License and CLAs (ref: https://github.com/finos/InnerSource/issues/75)
[x] Discuss approach to analysis
[x] Discuss licence generator options
[x] AOB, Q&A & Adjourn (5mins)

Create a base MD file to capture the inner source license clauses - Chamindra
Reach-out to organisations on organisational licenses example - Katrina, Richard, Chamindra
Share the inner source commons video on the need for a common inner source license definition - Chamindra
Get back on decision on migrating the working group to zoom based meetings - James
Add everyone in this working group to the FinOS inner source DL - James

We will collaborate on the Inner Source license classes on an MD file on the Inner Source repository
We will add everyone in the working group to the inner source SIG DL for more interactive collaboration

We briefly recapped on the goals of the group and the minutes/actions of the first kickoff meting
We discussed prior work in this areas and shared the inner source commons reference https://patterns.innersourcecommons.org/p/innersource-license
There was a call out to gather more examples of inner source licenses that might exist at organisation level
The group will reach out to different sources to get example of organisations inner source licenses (Katrina, Richard, Chamindra)
- We will also reachout to inner source commons
The license generator code of Creative Commons was shared by Peter
Rob asked if there are good examples of inner source license in organisations.
We discussed the premise is that an common inner source license definition will simplify and make inner source more accessible in organizations
- Chamindra to share the video presentation at inner source commons that articulates this
Everyone at the meeting shared that mostly they do not presently have an inner source license of their own to share but is interested in a common license definition
Chamindra will create a MD file so we can collaborate on the license clauses
All attendees will be added to the inner source distribution list
It was discussed if we can move to Zoom from WebEx
It was discussed that we can add everyone to the inner source DL for a more interactive discussion till the next call