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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=359412703-14042007>Hello,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=359412703-14042007>None of you know me.
My name is Grant Robertson. I am not a developer, open-source or otherwise.
However, I have been a network manager for quite some time and am currently
a "very late returning" computer science student. I have invented a
standard for marking up educational material and a system for distributing this
material throughout the world to anything from desktops to handhelds and even
personal music players. I believe this standard will revolution education
throughout the world. In order to guarantee that the world gets to use the
standard, it must be protected by a strong and thorough license agreement.
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=359412703-14042007>I need your help. I
have never invented a standard before. I have never written a license agreement
before. Before last week I had never created a web site before. But I have now
created a web site describing the goals of the standard and my goals for the
license agreement. I would really appreciate it if some of you could take a look
at the site and provide feedback to me as to the best direction to take in order
to best protect this standard for the good of all. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=359412703-14042007>I understand that
many of you will decline to go to a web site posted by a completely unknown
person. This is the exact advice I have given my customers and friends for
years. Hopefully a few of you will be brave enough to take a look and vouch for
my honesty to the others. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=359412703-14042007>I really want the
assistance from as many in the open-source community as possible so that I can
guarantee that the license will both protect the standard and promote the
development of a new family of open-source software. The home page can be found
at <A href="http://demml.org">http://demml.org</A> and the page about
licensing issues can be found at <A
href="http://demml.org/standard/license/">http://demml.org/standard/license/</A>.
I am currently using a free hosting service which inserts popup-ads. Simply
disable JavaScript before going to the site and you will never have to look at
the darn ads.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=359412703-14042007>Again, I appreciate
all the helpful advice I can get. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=359412703-14042007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=359412703-14042007>Thank
you</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=359412703-14042007>Grant S.
Robertson</SPAN></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>