Ben Finney wrote:
Peter Saint-Andre <stpeter@stpeter.im> writes:FYI, as posted on the standards@xmpp.org list...Thanks for passing this on.As approved by the Board of Directors, the XSF's IPR Policy has been updated to use a modified MIT license rather than the old Creative Commons Attribution License: http://www.xmpp.org/extensions/ipr-policy.shtmlSad to see the obfuscatory term "Intellectual Property Rights" used throughout, but based on previous discussion regarding the prevailing attitudes of the XMPP Standards Foundation I can understand that now is not the time to remove it.
As mentioned, I don't like the term either. But I was not about to push for a change to the name of the policy at the same time. We might do that in the future...
Very good to see a functional minimum of SHOUTY CAPITALS in the warranty disclaimer. Well done!Not all the XEPs reflect the new license yet. That will be fixed soon.The terms as published would appear to me to result in works that are DFSG-free, despite the noted problems with terminology. Hurrah! Thanks again for your significant efforts in this area, and congratulations on the progress made so far.
Thanks for the feedback provided on this list -- your suggestions improved the final result.
Peter -- Peter Saint-Andre https://stpeter.im/
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