Re: [OpenFontLibrary] Should we (via moderation) accept all Free Software licenses?

2008-11-21 Thread Jon Phillips
On Sat, 2008-11-15 at 21:38 +0100, Nicolas Spalinger wrote: > Karl Berry wrote: > > - we want to reduce licensing proliferation > > > > I completely agree. However, I don't see the vote as saying "we will > > blindly accept any random upload whose license is on license-list.html". > > Dave s

Re: [OpenFontLibrary] Should we (via moderation) accept all Free Software licenses?

2008-11-15 Thread Nicolas Spalinger
Karl Berry wrote: > - we want to reduce licensing proliferation > > I completely agree. However, I don't see the vote as saying "we will > blindly accept any random upload whose license is on license-list.html". > Dave said "via moderation". I took that to mean the moderators will try > to

Re: [OpenFontLibrary] Should we (via moderation) accept all Free Software licenses?

2008-11-14 Thread Karl Berry
- we want to reduce licensing proliferation I completely agree. However, I don't see the vote as saying "we will blindly accept any random upload whose license is on license-list.html". Dave said "via moderation". I took that to mean the moderators will try to convince such an uploader usin

Re: [OpenFontLibrary] Should we (via moderation) accept all Free Software licenses?

2008-11-14 Thread Karl Berry
> So, as policy, should we (via moderation) accept all Free Software > licenses? If you mean those licenses listed as free on http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html, I (Karl Berry) vote yes. Question: Are all of these licenses OSI-recognized? I don't know. I doubt it. Howe

Re: [OpenFontLibrary] Should we (via moderation) accept all Free Software licenses?

2008-11-14 Thread Ed Trager
Hi, Dave, On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 6:59 AM, Dave Crossland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It seems fonts developed in sourceforge like systems may not be able > to support font linking at all, or only from their own sites. > > So, as policy, should we (via moderation) accept all Free Software license

Re: [OpenFontLibrary] Should we (via moderation) accept all Free Software licenses?

2008-11-14 Thread Nicolas Spalinger
> It seems fonts developed in sourceforge like systems may not be able > to support font linking at all, or only from their own sites. > > So, as policy, should we (via moderation) accept all Free Software licenses? By Free Software licenses I assume you mean licenses positively rated in the FSF

Re: [OpenFontLibrary] Should we (via moderation) accept all Free Software licenses?

2008-11-14 Thread Denis Jacquerye
2008/11/14 Dave Crossland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > It seems fonts developed in sourceforge like systems may not be able > to support font linking at all, or only from their own sites. > > So, as policy, should we (via moderation) accept all Free Software licenses? > > I'd like a "show of hands" - Ple

[OpenFontLibrary] Should we (via moderation) accept all Free Software licenses?

2008-11-14 Thread Dave Crossland
It seems fonts developed in sourceforge like systems may not be able to support font linking at all, or only from their own sites. So, as policy, should we (via moderation) accept all Free Software licenses? I'd like a "show of hands" - Please reply with your name and then "yes" or "no" - we can