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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Vinodh K Sankar</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>-----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>From: David Johnson [<A HREF="mailto:david@usermode.org">mailto:david@usermode.org</A>]</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2000 8:13 AM</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>To: John Cowan</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Cc: license-discuss@opensource.org</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Subject: Re: Plan 9 license</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>On Wed, 23 Aug 2000, John Cowan wrote:</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>> For that matter, it is better if licenses are not only these things,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> but Fair (non-TM), too. So I will also discuss points that seem to</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> me un-Fair (i.e. "we can do what we want with your changes, you</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> can't", or "this license is automatically construed in our favor").</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Dittoes. Although it may have seemed that I was in favor of some of</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>these licenses, I did not actually consider them fair. Businesses</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>want legal licenses while users want fair licenses. And if a license</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>meets the OSD but still manages to fall through the cracks so that it</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>is not free either, then this should be brought up as well.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>-- </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>David Johnson</FONT>
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