[Foundation-l] Confidentiality agreement with FSF

[geni]

On 16/04/2008, Dan Collins <en.wp.st47 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Our ideals are openness and freedom of information, and for the most part we
>  believe that as a matter of principle, not due to any formal discussion
>  saying so. We didn't say "Let's write an encyclopedia, let's argue over
>  whether it should be free". FSF would obviously like a degree of
>  confidentiality for now, and Erik has chosen to respect that on principle.
>  Even if he isn't legally bound to protect that information, he has no reason
>  to simply release everything he knows. We call those people ruleslawyers. We
>  don't like those people, and we certainly don't want to be seen as one.

We are dealing with copyright. One area where you can't dismiss rules
lawyers. However we have waited years. Waiting until the end of the
month is hardly a major problem at this stage.

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geni