On Wed, 11 Oct 2006 18:04:22 +0200 Simon Josefsson wrote: > Gervase Markham <gerv@mozilla.org> writes: > > > Simon Josefsson wrote: > >> http://wiki.debian.org/NonFreeIETFDocuments > > > > A useful thing to add to that page would be simple instructions on > > how those authoring IETF documents could make them available under a > > DFSG-free licence (presumably in parallel to the IETF one) - perhaps > > some sample boilerplate text to include. > > Good idea! > > I've added two new sections to the wiki page: > > 1. Template for license to include in RFCs. [1] > > 2. Template for e-mail to request additional rights from RFC > authors. [2] Simon, I would like to thank you for your effort in this struggle against non-free IETF documents in Debian (main). I really appreciate the time that you're dedicating to improving Debian from this point of view! :) Good job! [...] > If you prefer another widely recognized free license instead, such > as the revised BSD license, the GPL, the MIT/X11 license, that > is also fine. I think it would be better if you explicitly gave reference URLs for the cited licenses. Moreover, it seems that a good URL for the X11 license is not easy to find (there used to be a copy at http://www.x.org/Downloads_terms.html, but it disappeared; there used to be another copy at http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/*checkout*/licenses/X11?rev=1.1.1.1, but it had vanished too, last time I checked). And some people claim that there is no single "X11" license, since many slightly different variants have been used for parts of XFree86 and Xorg... Consequently, I would rather suggest the Expat/MIT license, which is clearer and less ambiguous. The reference to the 3-clause BSD license should also made clearer. These considerations lead to the following proposed rephrasing: | If you prefer another widely recognized free license instead, the | following ones are also fine: | * the 3-clause BSD license | http://www.gnu.org/licenses/info/BSD_3Clause.html | * the GNU GPL version 2 | http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/gpl.txt | * the Expat/MIT license | http://www.jclark.com/xml/copying.txt -- But it is also tradition that times *must* and always do change, my friend. -- from _Coming to America_ ..................................................... Francesco Poli . GnuPG key fpr == C979 F34B 27CE 5CD8 DC12 31B5 78F4 279B DD6D FCF4
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