AW: AW: AW: AW: For Approval: German Free Software License

[Axel Metzger]

Hi Russell, hi list,

It seems to me that the discussion on the list has now calmed down it bit or
shifted to more general questions. 

I would propose that I look through now all the e-mails we had and make a
list of the critical provisions and try to talk to the GFSL-people to get a
solution for all of them or to cancel the approval process. 

I hope that we will get this within the next 3-5 days. I would come back then
to you. 

Is this acceptable?

Best regards

Axel


  



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Von: Russell Nelson [mailto:nelson at crynwr.com] 
Gesendet: Montag, 29. November 2004 20:41
An: license-discuss at opensource.org
Betreff: Re: AW: AW: AW: For Approval: German Free Software License

Axel Metzger writes:
 > I do not see that it is stated yet in the OSI Definition.

No, it's #7, Distribution of License.  That right applies to future
users of software as well as current.  You are requiring users to
switch to a different license of your choice.

 > We will see if the license board will require the GFSL people to
 > change the clause and what they will propose.

The license committee requires the GFSL people to change that clause.
I'm the chairman of the committee, and I won't recommend approval to
the board if that clause is present.

 > >In this case there is a blocking "bug" which is specifically this line:
 > >  "The new version of the License becomes binding for you as soon as you
 > >   become aware of its publication."
 > >There may be others.
 > 
 > What other "bugs" do you see?

Since you evince no desire to fix the first problem, why should
anybody waste their time telling you about more problems?

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