discuss: LDP Licence at http://tldp.org/COPYRIGHT.html, and changing in-place
Subject:
Re: LDP Licence at http://tldp.org/COPYRIGHT.html, and changing in-place
From:
Rick Moen ####@####.####
Date:
27 Dec 2003 06:46:44 -0000
Message-Id: <20031227064644.GE1166@linuxmafia.com>
Quoting Rodolfo J. Paiz ####@####.####
> I honestly don't care what the result of this discussion is... I
> tried, but I just don't give a damn since my preferences are clear: I
> will attempt to work within whatever framework LDP establishes while
> maintaining those basic principles which are important to me, since I
> belong to that group of authors "who feel they need a greater degree
> of control than Free licensing permits."
As mentioned, I recognise many authors' feelings of that sort, have held
them myself, and think it would be wise for LDP to accomodate them.
If particular docs become unmaintainable for lack of the right to fork,
the sky won't fall if someone has to rewrite them, anyway.
It's not like you're going to violate DMCA by writing a PPP HOWTO too
structurally similar to someone else's, or (with due respect to my
fellow authors) have to spend a year writing a new one.
> Just make sure that you post some "RESOLVED" or "AGREED" messages when
> you /do/ agree on something, both for our sakes and for the archives!
> <grin>
Ain't going to happen. At this point, I _hope_ the guy is trolling.
That "GPL is a contract" bit had better be intended as a broad wink that
he's kidding, and is doing April Fools Day early. It would be shocking
to think otherwise.
--
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Rick Moen for a day. Set a man on fire, and he will be warm
####@####.#### for the rest of his life." -- John A. Hrastar
