[Foundation-l] status of the licensing update

[Gerard Meijssen]

Hoi,
Sure but when the way we are going to do this is different from what the
license says anyway.. and this is the implication, then there is no point in
throwing the child away with the bathing water as you propose. So imho we
should compare the two licenses and in essence we already agree that the
GFDL is not suitable to our needs so consequently we will do well by making
the switch as per your own argument.
Thanks,
      GerardM

2009/2/18 Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton at gmail.com>

> 2009/2/18 Gerard Meijssen <gerard.meijssen at gmail.com>:
> > Hoi,
> > The way I read Michael, it is an open issue never mind what license we
> > choose. It is therefore an issue whether we stay with the GFDL or not. It
> is
> > in my opinion weird to allow arguments that have no bearing whatsoever on
> > the subject make a difference.
>
> I think we all accept that we currently interpret the GFDL very
> loosely (probably to the point of not strictly following it), since it
> doesn't really make sense for what we're doing with it. If we're going
> to switch to a new license we ought to do it with the intention of
> following it properly. That means we need to know what following it
> properly entails before we can know if we want to switch.
>
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