2009/2/22 Anthony <wikim...@inbox.org>: > On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 1:51 PM, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dal...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> 2009/2/22 Jussi-Ville Heiskanen <cimonav...@gmail.com>: >> > Thomas Dalton wrote: >> >> 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. >> >> http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2008-November/047013.html >> > > Is this a written agreement? Why isn't it public? Why haven't the reasons > for the agreement been made public?
I don't know if it's written down or not, but that email makes it fairly public. From what I can tell, it was just a compromise made during the negotiations. The reasons are fairly obvious - the FSF wants people to still be using their license and the WMF felt the need to compromise, so agreed to it. _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
