Scripsit David Nusinow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > Debconf requires non-exclusive publication rights to papers, >> > presentations, and any additional handouts or audio/visual materials >> > used in conjunction with the presentation. The authors have the >> > freedom to pick a DFSG-free license for the papers themselves and >> > retain all copyrights.
> I agree with and support the decision of the organizers to allow any > DFSG-free license for the papers to be acceptable. The point of the discussion is not whether authors should be *allowed* to licence their papers DFSG-freely. Everybody agrees that that is a good thing. The disagreement is about whether authots should be *forced* to licence their papers DFSG-freely, under threat of exclusion from the conference. > That they are mandating this is acceptible and is to be encouraged They are *not* mandating a DFSG-free license. All they are mandating is that the conference gets non-exclusive publications rigthts. -- Henning Makholm "`Update' isn't a bad word; in the right setting it is useful. In the wrong setting, though, it is destructive..." -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]