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Re: W3 software license



On Sun, Aug 08, 2004 at 05:36:29PM -0700, Josh Triplett wrote:

> >>>The license looks OK to me, with the possible exception that it says
> >>>"obtaining, using and/or copying this work" implies acceptance of the
> >>>license.

> > I think it sets a bad precedent to wave such language into a
> > list of licenses we accept as DFSG-free without at least asking the
> > upstream authors to remove this wording.

Why don't we do this: I'll write up a summary of the license, and note that we
think that works released under the license would, barring complications, be
free.

I'll also add a suggestion to drop the use language.

How does that sound?

~ESP



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