(To the folks on the license-discuss list.) As you may know,
Perl is currently undergoing a rewrite. As part of this
rewrite licensing is being reviewed, and we are attempting
to come up with an Artistic License that is (*ahem*) on
somewhat better grounds than the current one. This is my
current attempt but IANAL and I desperately need some legal
types who are willing to comment on whether this will hold
water, whether it will meet the OSD, etc.
(To the folks on the perl6-licenses list.) Hopefully after
this draft I will stop playing with the overall structure of
the document. I don't seem to have succeeded in making it
shorter either, if it accomplishes some of my other goals, I
will live. In particular while I cut some verbiage out, in
trying to cover the case where your package was derived from
*two* (or more) projects under the Artistic License some more
snuck in...
Please note in particular section 2.5. This should give a
pretty good idea of how I want to make it possible for Larry
to resolve any licensing issues that *might* arise without
having to have everyone explicitly assign copyright to him.
Remember that I am looking for ways to give him flexibility
without paperwork... Before I push that idea further I
really need feedback on whether this is going to fly, both
legally and in terms of what it requires from contributers.
Suggestions on what kind of defined policy would make sense
are also welcome. :-)
Cheers,
Ben
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