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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>Nigel Tzeng wrote:<BR><B>></B></FONT><FONT size=2>There were a few problems with JOSL which is why they </FONT></FONT></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>>deprecated it rather than fixed it with a new version.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>Heh...and to not malign Larry work...I hunted for the vaguely remembered problem:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>"4. If we are going to keep using JOSL as an OSI-recommended license, it <BR>really needs to be rewritten (e.g., it asserts that all code under JOSL <BR>belongs to Jabber Inc.!). I think it is simpler to deprecate it."</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2><A href="http://mailman.jabber.org/pipermail/members/2005-August/003322.html">http://mailman.jabber.org/pipermail/members/2005-August/003322.html</A></FONT></DIV><FONT face=Arial>
<DIV dir=ltr><BR><FONT size=2>Between its disuse and desire for non-proliferation the jabber board elected to </FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2>deprecate the license.</FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>