Re: DEP5: License section
On ke, 2010-12-22 at 02:23 +0900, Charles Plessy wrote:
> Le Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 04:54:56PM +0000, Lars Wirzenius a écrit :
> > On ti, 2010-12-21 at 14:04 +0100, Jonas Smedegaard wrote:
> > > I don't have an opinion on whether MIT license is ambiguous or not, but
> > > notice that it is still (in Bazaar repo as of today) not listed in the
> > > "Short name" section, but _is_ listed in the "Problematic Licenses"
> > > section.
> > >
> > > So your proposal to "add link to DEP5" is, I believe, tied to removing
> > > it from "Problematic Licenses", and this we should discuss.
> >
> > No, I don't suggest that at all. I suggest keeping it where it is and
> > adding a link to it. I don't care what happens to it, so nothing else
> > will happen unless and until someone proposes concrete changes.
>
> I suggest to remove the whole section about problematic licenses:
>
> - If we indicate a reference form for the MIT license, then it has its place
> in the short name table.
>
> - Description of the Copyright field already specifies that it is where public
> domain should be mentionned.
>
> - The part about PHP explains that the reason why it is not in the list of
> short names; but I do not thing why we should make a justification for PHP
> in particular.
I think I agree with Charles, and we should remove the section. Nobody
seems to have objected to it. I agree with Ben that "MIT" is an
ambiguous name, and "Expat" is better, when it is the one people mean.
I'll add a note about this.
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