Well, I brought this up now, because for one the thing has changed so many times, and now they are asking people to leave.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 9:42 AM, Dermot McNally <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dermotm@gmail.com">dermotm@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><div class="im">On 16 April 2011 08:31, Elizabeth Dodd <<a href="mailto:edodd@billiau.net">edodd@billiau.net</a>> wrote:<br>
<br>
> So has anyone asked the FOSS gurus of licensing?<br>
> I have never seen it mentioned while I was subscribed to legal-talk. I<br>
> am quite prepared to start writing emails (phrased neutrally) requesting<br>
> an opinion if these people have not been asked before.<br>
><br>
> If then the opinion is that the new licence has merit, we then need<br>
> work on how the contract provisions "fit in" with other legal codes not<br>
> just those derived from either the Westminster or Napoleonic codes.<br>
<br>
</div>How long have you been in this discussion, Elizabeth? Quite a while,<br>
according to my recollection. Given that you seem to now see a<br>
requirement for this kind of validation, I find it strange that you<br>
wouldn't have sought it at a much earlier stage than this. Normally<br>
abject opposition should come after, not before, "neutral" appraisal<br>
of the proposal, shouldn't it?<br>
<div class="im"><br>
Dermot<br>
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