Re: Proposed plan (and license) for the webpage relicensing
On 4/22/06, Francesco Poli <frx@firenze.linux.it> wrote:
> 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.
Yes it does, and of course we then need to define what metadata is,
what the first and last lines that *can* be used, etc...
>
> >
> > 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...
Exactly :)
andrew
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