Yes, commits and such were done on the (non-Open!) Github website: https://github.com/okfn/opendefinition/
And the (Open!) mailman discussion list: https://lists.okfn.org/pipermail/od-discuss/ the thread you want is: https://lists.okfn.org/pipermail/od-discuss/2014-July/000905.html There, Herb asks "why these new clauses" and the answer "we're not adding extra rigor, we're just explicitly stating that stuff that the GPL does is ok" Cheers, Aaron -- Aaron Wolf wolftune.com On Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 9:13 AM, stef <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 08:46:24AM -0700, Aaron Wolf wrote: > > It is a known fact that the point behind the OD text was to *include* the > > GPL, so the fact that the text seems problematic is *absolutely* an issue > > of being out of line with the intention. There is no question about this. > > There is no need to check about whether there's some special intention > > behind the particular wording. *Nobody* who worked on the OD *intended* > to > > exclude the GPL's requirement that unmodified redistributions include the > > modifiable source. > > maybe so. but for me it's unclear: 1/ who the authors are, 2/ what their > reasoning behind each change is. 3/ confirmation that this is indeed a bug, > and the authors will fix it. > > i guess the idea of bundesgit applied to self would make a lot of sense, in > regards of answering 1/ and 2/ (from reasonable commit messages). possibly > also answering /3. > > is there a gitrepo of the OD where this is tracked? and i just missed this? > > -- > otr fp: https://www.ctrlc.hu/~stef/otr.txt > _______________________________________________ > okfn-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/okfn-discuss > Unsubscribe: https://lists.okfn.org/mailman/options/okfn-discuss >
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