On 2/10/07, Brianna Laugher brianna.laugher@gmail.com wrote:
which was basically written by you... so this becomes 'ask Erik's interpretation' :)
The main text was co-authored by Benjamin Mako Hill. You have no idea how many emails and conversations with Richard Stallman and Lawrence Lessig were required to get to the point where we are now. The definition was also reviewed and improved with the feedback of the moderator team, which includes Angela Beesley, Mia Garlick from Creative Commons, and Elizabeth Stark from freeculture.org.
This line: No other restrictions or limitations: The work itself must not be covered by legal restrictions (patents, contracts, etc.) or limitations (such as privacy rights) which would impede the freedoms enumerated above.
Note that this is the section referring to free _works_. The draft resolution makes reference only to the section about free _licenses_, and makes no comment about free works.