Walter Landry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Ben Pfaff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Does anyone see a reason why it is not DFSG-free? The paragraph > > that bothers me the most is the one at the end of clause 3: > > > > Each Contributor agrees to provide condensed summaries of its > > Contributions to OCC periodically, from time to time on a > > schedule decided solely by Contributor, either with or > > without copies of the Program as modified by such > > Contributions. > > > > I know that we've rejected mandatory notification clauses before, > > but this one seems particularly flexible given that the schedule > > is "decided solely by Contributor", and I'm not sure whether it > > would still be a problem. Comments? > > It may be impossible for people to make any notifications. Certain > uses may preclude it, like making nuclear bombs, running a terrorist > network, or hacking on a desert island.
The clause does not specify how notification is to be made. For a hacker on a desert island, perhaps notification by a note in a bottle tossed into the ocean is acceptable :-) > Finally, does this work with the free java VM's like kaffe or gcj? If > it only works with the official VM's, then it will have to at least go > into contrib. I am using it now with gcj. Works fine. -- God leaned close as mud as man sat up, looked around, and spoke. Man blinked. "What is the purpose of all this?" he asked politely. "Everything must have a purpose?" asked God. "Certainly," said man. "Then I leave it to you to think of one for all this," said God. And He went away. --Vonnegut, _Cat's Cradle_ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
