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Christian Maletz
christian_maletz at yahoo.de
Wed Jan 24 21:34:49 UTC 2007
Rick Moen schrieb:
> Quoting Ross Mayfield (ross.mayfield at socialtext.com):
>
>
>> Socialtext has been monitoring the conversation and we appreciate your
>> input.
>>
>
> You're quite welcome.
>
> I've recently noticed a significant and relevant factual error on your
> "Socialtext Open Source Wiki" licensing pages:
>
> The wiki front page is http://www.socialtext.net/stoss/ , which includes
> this text:
>
> Socialtext Public License
>
> All Socialtext Open Source projects are released under the Socialtext
> Public License (MPL 1.1with an addendum, please see the Why the
> Appendix page [link]).
>
> Following that hyperlink takes one to
> http://www.socialtext.net/stoss/index.cgi?why_the_appendix, which starts
> out like this:
>
> Why the Appendix
>
> Socialtext's Open Source (SPL) license contains two additonal Appendix
> not found in the original MPL.
>
> An attribution clause, which we are submitting for consideration as a
> standard before OSI, see Attribution Memo.
>
>
> Er, one problem: As I pointed out to you during our exchange on
> December 29 (and which observation you acknowledged true), Socialtext
> has NOT "submitted for consideration" to OSI Socialtext Public License's
> Exhibit B "attribution" and "network use" addenda (much less the entire
> modified-MPL licence, as would actually need to occur) -- no more than
> Mr. Asay has ever submitted Alfresco's, no more than Mr. Roberts has
> ever submitted SugarCRM's, etc. You submitted to OSI, as discussed here,
> something entirely different, a licence fragment your firm doesn't
> (thus far) appear to actually use at all, anywhere -- let alone use for
> Socialtext Open.
>
> Please correct that fundamental misstatement, at your earliest
> opportunity. Thank you.
>
>
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