pruning "dead" licenses

Eric S. Raymond esr at thyrsus.com
Mon Dec 13 22:01:12 UTC 2004


John Cowan <jcowan at reutershealth.com>:
> > To the extent that we can promote freedom and get better outcomes by
> > pruning licenses, I'd sacrifice "diversity" without a qualm.
> 
> What does "pruning" mean?  Does it mean decertifying, delisting, or
> de-emphasizing?

Yet to be determined. I've been thinking in terms of de-emphasizing,
mostly by creating a category of "preferred" or "best-practice" licenses
and pushing those.
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		<a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/">Eric S. Raymond</a>



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