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Re: free licensing of TEI Guidelines



On Wed, Feb 11, 2004 at 02:44:36PM -0500, Syd Bauman wrote:
> The goal here is not to prevent modification of the guidelines, nor
> to prevent the creation of non-TEI derivatives, but rather to prevent
> confusion between the two.

As a general rule:

If what you want to say is "You may freely redistribute modified
versions, but you may not try to pass them off as verbatim copies",
then *say that*. Do not attempt to legislate *how* this must be
done. Describe the result, not one method for accomplishing
it. Licenses are not programs.

If you follow this rule, and the goal is not in conflict with the
DFSG, there should be no problems. Most cases where licenses have got
into trouble along these lines have been because they break this rule.

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