[License-discuss] "Fairness" vs. mission objectives

[Eric S. Raymond]

John Cowan <cowan at ccil.org>:
> 3) We do not consider ourselves bound by stare decisis if we believe it
> will lead to a bad result in this particular case.  In my view, open-source
> license certification is not a situation in which it is always better to
> have a settled result than a just result.

That is elegantly put, and I fully concur.
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