License Committee Report for September 2009

Russ Nelson nelson at crynwr.com
Wed Sep 2 18:56:50 UTC 2009


Giancarlo Niccolai writes:
 > Russ Nelson wrote:
 > > Giancarlo Niccolai writes:
 > >  > sent with the submission I explained why I thought it is preferable to
 > >  > stop the "custom license / GPL, but with my own uncontrolled/uncertified
 > >  > exception" rage, and to offer a standardized license covering this
 > >  > general need.
 > >
 > > I believe it is wiser to wait until the need is made clear by having
 > > many adopters of this language.  
 > I don't know if the relevance of this license has anything to do with 
 > the relevance of THIS language.

Sorry!  I meant the language that you're using in the license in the
exception to the GPL.  If people use the same wording to make an
exception for embedding, then perhaps we should elevate it into a
separate license.  But let's wait until that happens.

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