David Chan wrote:
> I do agree that the proliferation of licenses is a nuisance. I'd hope
> that either a BSD-style license or a copyleft license would be appropriate
> for nearly all works.
>
> The problem is if a work is already copylefted before it gets to us, using
> (say) the CPDL. Should we accept this work? The copyright holder may not
> wish to use our license. For a complicated arrangement, there could be
> several copyright holders, they might be hard to track down.
Maybe there should be a clear identification of 'pure' or 'original' Mutopia
licence and 'other' licence that complies with guidelines.
That would be pretty flexible while at the same time selling a clear message
(the preferred is the original/pure Mutopia licence).
Regards,
Alain.
