[Foundation-l] Licensing interim update

Anthony wikimail at inbox.org
Tue Feb 10 04:18:08 UTC 2009


On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 11:04 PM, Jussi-Ville Heiskanen <cimonavaro at gmail.com
> wrote:

> Anthony wrote:
> > On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 9:35 PM, Jussi-Ville Heiskanen
> > <cimonavaro at gmail.com>wrote:
> >
> >
> >> Anthony wrote:
> >>
> >>> Surely there is a significant difference between an updated version of
> >>>
> >> the
> >>
> >>> same license, and a license which says the work can be relicensed under
> a
> >>> different license.
> >>>
> >>>
> >> Define "same license". It really seems to me you want to
> >> define a license as being different if it changes something
> >> you don't like.
> >>
> >>
> >
> > In this context, for a license to be the "same license" as the GFDL, it
> > would need to be called "GFDL X.Y" and be published by the FSF.
> >
> >
> >
> I think that says it all. If that is what you really want,
> good day to you, sir.
>

If you included the context in which I used the phrase you would see that I
wasn't describing what I really want, but was responding to a point about
precedent.



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