Re: Inline text not URLs for licenses (was: Re: Is the OSL DFSG free?)

2003-09-04 Thread Branden Robinson
On Thu, Sep 04, 2003 at 12:58:56AM +0300, Richard Braakman wrote: On Wed, Sep 03, 2003 at 01:36:30PM -0400, Anthony DeRobertis wrote: For these reasons, I believe we should ask for license texts, and other relevant, small documents, to be posted inline instead of being linked. I'll add

Inline text not URLs for licenses (was: Re: Is the OSL DFSG free?)

2003-09-03 Thread Anthony DeRobertis
On Tuesday, Sep 2, 2003, at 12:49 US/Eastern, Branden Robinson wrote: When referring to a license, it's useful to provide a URL to the text of the license in question. I respectfully disagree. It's useful to provide the full text of the license in question, not just a URL. Rationale:

Re: Inline text not URLs for licenses (was: Re: Is the OSL DFSG free?)

2003-09-03 Thread Richard Braakman
On Wed, Sep 03, 2003 at 01:36:30PM -0400, Anthony DeRobertis wrote: For these reasons, I believe we should ask for license texts, and other relevant, small documents, to be posted inline instead of being linked. I'll add one: it's just much easier to discuss a license when it's there to be