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Subject: Re: licenses
From: Colin Watson ####@####.####
Date: 13 Nov 2003 14:07:06 -0000
Message-Id: <20031113140703.GA1905@riva.ucam.org>

On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 08:37:07AM -0500, Emma Jane Hogbin wrote:
> Colin Watson said:
> > In its current form it looks likely that we'll have to throw it out,
> > although that won't be happening en masse until after the next release.
> > There are currently negotiations happening between delegates of Debian
> > and the FSF to try to figure out how the licence could be revised to
> > satisfy both parties, which might alleviate the impending doom, but it
> > could get messy if those negotiations fail.
> 
> Thanks for the update! Is there anywhere I can send an email of support
> for a documentation license? Or is it all closed-door-high-tension
> negotiations?

I think it's kinda high-tension at the moment, really. Most of what
needs to be said has been said, it's just a matter of defusing
minefields and salving wounds now ...

Cheers,

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Colin Watson                                  ####@####.####

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