* MJ Ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-01-26 03:29]: > I think that http://www.debian.org/legal/licenses/ is a mistake which > should be removed or drastically changed. It divides debian-legal and > has been a gift to those who always seek to criticise contributors on > more than one occasion. Can you suggest more productive content? > See also: http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2004/06/msg00521.html
I've reviewed your arguments in the link above and see what you're saying; nevertheless, I can the summaries can be helpful, especially if your advise is taken into account. Maybe you can work with the author of the /legal/licenses page to incorporate this feedback and add more concrete examples (from packages) to the license summaries (i.e. to show real world examples). Looking at the CVS history, it seems that Frank Lichtenheld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> put together these pages. > I stopped making the periodic summaries and no-one has complained > yet. I don't think that communicating what -legal is discussing is > very interesting to most debian people. I think the problem is that the summaries were basically a subject line and a link. This is really only helpful for people who are very keen on following -legal anyway. For others, a summary in the style of Kernel Traffic (http://www.kernel-traffic.org/kernel-traffic/index.html) would be more appropriate; of course, such summaries are also more work. -- Martin Michlmayr [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
