[Foundation-l] Projects without >FDL1.2 migration clause

[John at Darkstar]

There are some precedence for something like that, but it takes _years_
and should not be done unless absolutely necessary. If I'm not mistaken
you have to establish that the actual contributor is "unknown", and that
no one can speak for the contributor.

John

Thomas Dalton skrev:
>>  If this is true, we could probably use the "protest if you object"
>>  process proposed by Mike a while ago for these projects. It would be
>>  painful if there's a substantial number of users who object to a
>>  license change, but may become necessary.
> 
> While Mike's the lawyer, not me, it still seems very strange that you
> can violate someone's copyright just by asking nicely and them not
> responding within a given time frame. Even if that is the case in the
> US, it would seem sensible to check with someone with a more
> international expertise that it works elsewhere.
> 
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