a proposed change to the OSD

[Ralph Mellor]

> > I'm going to propose a change the Open Source Definition at our
board
> > meeting next Thursday.  It is simply this:
> >
> > 0) A license may not restrict use or modification of a lawfully
> > obtained copy of a work.

Does OSI certify open documentation licenses?
If so, I recall there being optional clauses that limit
the number of printed copies, or something like that.

==
ralph

PS. I haven't been able to thru to http://www.opensource.org
for an hour or so. Packets seem to be stuck in San Jose...

Tracing route to opensource.org [209.133.83.21]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

  1    53 ms    46 ms    47 ms  gw-081-248.dsl.speakeasy.net
[66.93.248.1]
  2    33 ms    36 ms    34 ms  border5.ge3-2.speakeasy-28.chg.pnap.net
[64.94.35.212]
  3    35 ms    38 ms    37 ms  core2.fe0-1-bbnet2.chg.pnap.net
[64.94.32.66]
  4    35 ms    32 ms    35 ms  500.Serial2-1.GW1.CHI13.ALTER.NET
[157.130.108.85]
  5    34 ms    35 ms    34 ms  0.so-1-0-0.XL2.CHI13.ALTER.NET
[152.63.69.182]
  6    36 ms    38 ms    35 ms  0.so-2-2-0.XL2.CHI2.ALTER.NET
[152.63.70.106]
  7    35 ms    37 ms    38 ms  POS7-0.BR4.CHI2.ALTER.NET
[152.63.68.177]
  8    58 ms    57 ms    57 ms  125.atm12-0.pr1.ord2.us.mfnx.net
[208.184.231.49]
  9    60 ms    58 ms    58 ms  so-2-2-0.cr1.ord2.us.mfnx.net
[208.185.0.189]
 10    58 ms    58 ms    59 ms  pos5-0.mpr1.dfw2.us.mfnx.net
[208.184.233.149]
 11    87 ms    86 ms    90 ms  pos13-0.cr7.sjc2.us.mfnx.net
[208.184.232.82]
 12    87 ms    89 ms    90 ms  so-6-2-0.mpr3.sjc2.us.mfnx.net
[64.125.30.6]
 13    89 ms    88 ms    87 ms  pos2-0.mpr2.sjc1.us.mfnx.net
[208.184.102.205]
 14     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 15     *        *        *     Request timed out.
  etc.

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