GR idea related to ongoing licensing discussions

2007-06-05 Thread Russ Allbery
I should say up front that this is quite possibly a horrible idea. However, it occurred to me last night and I can't find any obvious flaws, so I thought I'd toss it out and see how people react. I am *not* proposing a GR yet. I'm more interested to see what people think about the idea. One of t

Re: GR idea related to ongoing licensing discussions

2007-06-05 Thread Ben Pfaff
Russ Allbery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > So, how about we settle this once and for all? The DFSG is not an > orthogonal basis for a vector space. The world won't end if we add a new > point to it that some folks feel is redundant with what it already says. > If there's a principle that we're g

Re: GR idea related to ongoing licensing discussions

2007-06-05 Thread Russ Allbery
Russ Allbery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > For example, for the "desert island test" and part of the "dissident > test", what about a GR with the following two ballot options: > The DFSG are hereby amended to add the following additional guideline: > 10. No Required Contribution of Chang