On Fri, 21 Apr 2006 08:54:48 +1000 Andrew Donnellan wrote:
> On 4/21/06, Francesco Poli <frx@firenze.linux.it> wrote:
> > On Fri, 21 Apr 2006 07:52:47 +1000 Andrew Donnellan wrote:
> >
> > > On 4/21/06, Francesco Poli <frx@firenze.linux.it> wrote:
> > > > > How about saying "either first or last lines"?
> > > >
> > > > What if both first and last lines are reserved for other uses?
> > >
> > > What about "first or last usable lines in the source language"?
> >
> > It would be an improvement, but would get so vague that dropping it
> > entirely would make much more sense...
> >
> > At least that's my opinion: "first or last usable lines in the
> > source language" is almost equivalent to "wherever you like within
> > the file", because the term "usable" is not that clearly defined...
>
> OK then, "either the first or last lines of the file that can be used
> for non-displayable metadata in the source language."
If you phrase it this way, it gets too tied to specific technical
details, IMHO.
>
> I actually don't want this clause, it's just that in its current
> version it's DFSG-nonfree, IMHO.
If you don't want this clause, why are you trying hard to rephrase it in
an acceptable way?
Just for fun, I suppose...
Dropping debian-www from the Cc: list, as we are just speculating on
imaginary license clauses for the sake of it (at least, it seems so).
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:-( This Universe is buggy! Where's the Creator's BTS? ;-)
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