Get ready....

Russell Nelson nelson at crynwr.com
Wed Apr 14 19:57:06 UTC 1999


Rob Edgeworth writes:
 > I would agree with Mark on all points.
 > 
 > An important consequence of the reuse of license concept is the need for the
 > licenses themselves to be without encumbrances.
 > 
 > I think it is important to establish right off the bat that any open source
 > license is public domain (or better yet GPL'd).  Otherwise we may see the
 > day that Company A gets an injunction against publication of Organization
 > B's software because some of the license was cribbed from Company A.

Of course, the GPL itself is not GPL'ed.  :)

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