* James M Snell wrote:
>Another concern that was raised to me by a colleague is that the license
>resource being pointed to could change over time, meaning that the
>license being referenced today may not be the same license being used
>tomorrow even tho URIs may be exactly the same.  If the license is
>controlled by a different entity than the publisher of the entry, this
>could cause problems.

Yeah, it would be good to have some of these things mentioned in the
draft, if only to encourage people to let a lawyer review tools they
may build upon this new link relation.

>Unfortunately, there is no language in RFC4287 I can draw upon here.

Okay, I guess this should be looked at when RFC 4287 is revised.

>Yes, this should be clarified.  Feed level licenses cover the metadata
>of the feed (title, subtitle, etc).  I've actually found very little use
>for feed level licenses and would actually be quite happy to remove them
>from the spec completely.

I think removing it would be better, yeah.

>> I think the concept of "informational content" used to explain some
>> of these things is too unclear to me to answer these questions.
>> 
>Ok

I hope you can come up with a better term and/or explain this better
in the draft, as I'd have similar difficulties for entries.

>> I think the reference to "copyright licenses" is a bit unfortunate.
>> Why is this reference to "copyright" necessary?
>
>Can you suggest a better term?

Just "licenses"?
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