[OSM-talk] about freedom in PD/BSD/MIT/Apache (was: The long tail - lowest common denominator)

Richard Fairhurst richard at systemeD.net
Fri Jul 7 20:53:26 BST 2006


Hi Imi,

>> do I assume the list posted earlier today seems about right? Imi, Nick H -
>> you're probably the fiercest :) GNU-Free advocates on the list - does
>> it seem not too offensive to you?
>
> I do not agree to any non-viral license.
>
> I stated my point several times before (and start to get tired of going
> over this again and again...)

I know. :)

I'm not proposing any particular license with this. You know my own  
personal opinions and I know yours, but I'm not posting as a PD  
advocate here, nor with any ulterior motive.

What I'm trying to do is see what basic freedoms _everyone_ can agree  
on. I'm guessing that it wouldn't satisfy you without a viral  
condition: some people would disagree: we can thrash that out later.  
We may even find our own, new viral licence that satisfies more people  
than existing ones do. But this exercise is just to find a baseline  
which we can then build on.

Do you disagree with any of the first nine?

cheers
Richard





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