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Re: W3 software license



On Thu, Aug 12, 2004 at 10:33:26AM -0700, Josh Triplett wrote:
> evan@debian.org wrote:
> > On Sun, Aug 08, 2004 at 05:36:29PM -0700, Josh Triplett wrote:
> >> Branden Robinson:
> >>> Josh Triplett:
> >>>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?
> 
> Sounds great.

Any progress on this?

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G. Branden Robinson                |       Arguments, like men, are often
Debian GNU/Linux                   |       pretenders.
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