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