On Apr 5, 2012, at 5:05 PM, Chad Perrin wrote: > On Thu, Apr 05, 2012 at 02:48:38PM -0400, John Cowan wrote: >> Chad Perrin scripsit: >> >>> Before pushing such a change, perhaps we should consider the meaning of >>> Apache 2.0 License section 4, subsections 2 and 4. There's more to >>> "permissive" than "isn't copyleft", and Apache is a somewhat less >>> permissive license. >> >> Those both have to do with making sure attribution (and blame) go to >> the right people. I don't see them as serious restrictions on reuse. > > Like many of the worst laws contemplated in US Congress, it specifies > implementation rather than principle. This can cause problems, such that > there are cases where it is inappropriate to use the license based on > those clauses. >
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