On Tue, Jun 05, 2007 at 12:09:27PM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > For example, for the "desert island test" and part of the "dissident > test", what about a GR with the following two ballot options: I'd like to see these tests (and others, such as the venue-clause) explained and compared to existing licenses (these are some practical effects the principles have; these are licenses it affects) first, personally. Pages on a wiki or something, if that doesn't sound too Samuel L. Jackson. There's no need for that sort of explanation to be as brief as the DFSG, which seems like a win, at least in initially improving understanding of the issues. > Similarly, for the rest of the "dissident test," what about a GR with the > following two ballot options: > The DFSG are hereby amended to add the following additional guideline: > 11. No Required Identity Disclosure > The license must not require a person modifying the program to > disclose their name or other identifying personal information. I wouldn't be surprised if there's software in main that fails that test. Though it certainly seems like a good and reasonable thing to avoid in a free license, that doesn't make it necessary to avoid it. A good understanding of the effects (ie, providing answers to questions like: how common are such clauses? if they don't happen, why complain? if they've already happened, how have they caused problems?) seems like a good thing to have before making decisions about them. Cheers, aj
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