Julian Hall wrote: > > Following comments I received on version 1.0 of the DSPL, I have > prepared a revision for submission for approval. > > I look forward to receiving your comments! -- Julian,
Just a personal remark: I would feel very hesitant to contribute software under this license, since it requires me to pay any taxes on money gathered and spent by 'the Committee'. In supplying free software to anyone, in any way, I'd expect 'free' to work both ways - paying committee's taxes does not count as such. If you see this differently, would you please care to explain? As long as there is a risk that I'll have to pay more taxes than I'll receive from Merit Shares, I'd rather keep my modifications and/or additions to myself. Supplying software for free means - to me - that I want to be free of obligations for that software too. In the context of your license this seems asking too much: may cost money, needs checking the Committee and its decisions, calling for a no-confidence voting, etc. Then there is the point of the Committee's decisions: I have never yet seen such committees in free software land, but such constructions are well known in other areas of society. They all bear the risks inherent to with limiting power to a few people. Our govenrnments are scrutinized by the prress, for what it's worth. I don't expect your Committee to receive as much attention. How do you limit the risks of corruption? The no-confidence road is not much use. Once the Committee has signed a contract the money is gone. No new Committee can revert that. Regards, Abe. -- Abe F. Kornelis, B.V. Bixoft Het Jaagpad 63, 3461 HA Linschoten The Netherlands phone: +31-6-22755401 To visit our website: either: http://www.bixoft.com or: http://www.bixoft.nl -- license-discuss archive is at http://crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?3