Henning Makholm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Scripsit Walter Landry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> That's good, but only if you're able to modify the Base Format. It is >> easy to imagine scenarios where you are able to modify individual >> files, but not the validation mechanism. > > Could you please imagine one? Remember to include in your imagined > scenario that the unmodified Base Format will have a documented option > to turn off validation.
Sure: I take the Base Format and make a functional change to it, removing the option to turn off validation. Now I distribute this under your draft LPPL. The freeness of a license should be as divorced as possible from accidents of implementation. -Brian -- Brian T. Sniffen [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.evenmere.org/~bts/