On Fri, Jul 09, 1999 at 11:14:28AM -0700, David Johnson wrote: > Joseph Carter wrote: > > KDE is/was talking about a license change (which will be a fair amount of > > work in itself) and I've been working in my spare time (what spare time?) > > on a license which I hope to offer them soon. I really like where I'm > > going with the license, I just need ten minutes to think about how to word > > a couple of things so they say what I'm trying to get them to say. > > This is interesting, but I wonder if there is really a need for YAOOSL > (yet another open source license). And if there is to be a YAOOSL, it > needs to be general enough so that more than KDE developers will find a > use for it. Planned to be this way, yes... Although the generality is why I haven't finished it yet. I know what I want to say but in a few places how to say it is the issue. I'll try to work on it this afternoon. > If it does gain acceptance, it would be nice if there were also an > annotated copy (like the QPL has) with clarifications so that non > laywers can understand it. Maybe a FAQ. This is something that the GPL > has sorely needed for years. The GPL needs the license and annotations seperated. =p The way it's done does nothing to further understanding (especially among those who do not speak English natively) -- Joseph Carter <knghtbrd@debian.org> Debian GNU/Linux developer PGP: E8D68481E3A8BB77 8EE22996C9445FBE The Source Comes First! ------------------------------------------------------------------------- <Knghtbrd> Leave it to manoj to call procmail "puny"
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