[License-discuss] Started discussion with Figaro re their license.

[John Cowan]

Karl Fogel scripsit:

> It's not clear what "include a pointer" means legally.  Is the reference
> in the LICENSE file enough, or do they mean a hyperlink?  A hyperlink
> that is shown somewhere in the UI where such information is customarily
> shown?

The reference is a hyperlink in abbreviated form: see RFC 3986 Section 4.5.
In any case, a license of adhesion ("take it or leave it") is interpreted
against its author, so if they meant "shown somewhere in the UI" they would
have to say so.

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John Cowan   cowan at ccil.org  http://www.ccil.org/~cowan
Most languages are dramatically underdescribed, and at least one is
dramatically overdescribed.  Still other languages are simultaneously
overdescribed and underdescribed.  Welsh pertains to the third category.
        --Alan King