This is a comment on version 4 of http://people.debian.org/~evan/ccsummary.html
About debian-legal: I feel that this would benefit from making it clear who can make binding decisions on licensing. I suggest: The decision-makers are the ftpmasters (who are responsible for archive maintenance) and the package maintainers (who are responsible for uploading to debian). Both of these are thought to listen to advice from debian-legal and debian policy is for maintainers to send copyright queries to debian-legal. It is possible to reverse decisions and issue position statements through a vote of all developers or the technical committee (see the constitution), but both of those actions are rare. About Creative Commons: I feel this needs a paragraph on CC's decision-making, but I do not feel qualified to write it. License summaries: Removing References - I think this also may conflict with No Discrimination Against Fields of Endeavour if exercised. Any Other Comparable Authorship Credit - I consider this unclear rather than outright breaking guidelines, so I suggest making the last paragraph "would be" not "is". Anti-DRM clause - I think this is fine. Trademark Restrictions - In the final paragraph, this should appeal to Web Content Accessibility Guideline 2 http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG/#gl-color to support it. Maybe this section should also note that there have been uses of the licence which included this section, so it is definitely ambiguous. I agree with the other licence type summaries. Recommendations for Authors: Recommendations for Creative Commons: I am happy with these recommendations, but realise that they are subject to negotiation. References: These seem to be truncated. I would also find non-opensource.org editions of the BSD and MIT licences. Add WCAG, the debian policy manual and constitution. I apologise for the late arrival of this comment. -- MJR/slef My Opinion Only: see http://people.debian.org/~mjr/ Please follow http://www.uk.debian.org/MailingLists/#codeofconduct -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]