[Foundation-l] Licenses' biodiversity : my big disagreement with the Wikimedia usability initiative's software specifications

[David Gerard]

On 20 February 2011 17:26, Teofilo <teofilowiki at gmail.com> wrote:

> Software is a specific sector of content creation. Perhaps it is
> possible to gather software creators around a table, possibly with a
> few lawyers nearby, and ask them to create the single ultimate license
> that will fit all the needs of all software creators everywhere in the
> world and forever.


No, that's not why at all.

Please demonstrate your understanding of why licence proliferation was
considered a problem in the world of software.

(hint: dwheeler.com has tips.)


- d.