[Foundation-l] status of the licensing update

[Jussi-Ville Heiskanen]

Thomas Dalton wrote:
> 2009/2/20 Henning Schlottmann <h.schlottmann at gmx.net>:
>   
>> * Ditch the dual licensing. I don't understand it. I am trained as a
>> lawyer to understand about licenses and I have not the slightest idea
>> how the dual licensing is supposed to work. No one I talked to -
>> layperson or professional - understood about it. Make a hard switch, as
>> GFDL 1.3 allows. If RMS doesn't like it, too bad.
>>     
>
> As I understand it, the WMF made an agreement with RMS that the
> projects would be dual licensed and not switched entirely. I think
> making that agreement was a mistake, but there's not much that can be
> done about it now. The WMF shouldn't go back on its word.
>
> _

I would be interested to hear what your source was for such
a deal between RMS and the WMF.


Yours,

Jussi-Ville Heiskanen