On Tue, Mar 03, 2009 at 09:11:13PM +0000, OJ W wrote:
> > Regardless of who they are, why should we give them complete control
> > over the license? It seems, if they were to decide to for example make
> > our project PD, neither the OSMF Board, nor the OSMF members, nor anyone
> > else could do anything about it?
> 
> would it be better for someone like FSF to host the license?

I think we would have the same concerns as there are with OKF hosting
it.

I personally think the later version clause should be removed and left
for the licensor to decide, or at least written in a similar way to
section 14 of the GPL[1], which gives the licensor the option to state
version specifics, but has a fallback.

If such a change is made, then the community may decide criteria for
acceptance of a newer revision of the licence.

[1]: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html#section14

Simon
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A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a
simple system that works.—John Gall

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