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Re: Is the OPL DFSG-ok?



Mason, I'm quoting your entire message below for the people at
opencontent.org to read.

For the people at opencontent.org, please reply to
debian-legal@lists.debian.org

						Marcelo

On Mon, Mar 08, 1999 at 01:42:04PM -0500, Mason Loring Bliss wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 08, 1999 at 12:10:54PM -0600, Marcelo E. Magallon wrote:
> 
> >      OpenContent License (OPL)
> >      Version 1.0, July 14, 1998.
> 
> Hm. This is just a guess, but my guess is that this hasn't been run
> through a lawyer. The language is fairly imprecise in places, and there
> are grammatical errors. The license treats the word "OpenContent" as having
> implicit meaning. The quality of language in the license doesn't lend itself
> to erasing ambiguities.
> 
> Personally, I wouldn't use it until it has been greatly cleaned up.
> 
> Just my opinion...
> 
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