Chris wrote: >On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 8:51 AM, Paul Tagliamonte <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 09:44:17AM -0400, Paul Tagliamonte wrote: >> >>> INAL, so someone feel free to call me wrong. Comments inline. >> >> I'll call me wrong: >> >> 09:31 < Ganneff> svuorela: name the/a organisation, not your name. "org: >> freedom fighters, inc". done. :) >> >> 09:31 < Ganneff> it doesnt want YOUR name, it wants A name for changes. >> i dont see a problem in that. just make it consistent >> >> Comments retracted. > >I'd not be so quick to retract those comments! I agree it fails the >dissident test. One is not able to contribute anonymously. You must >identify the organization you are a part of (and what is an >"organization," anyway?). And what do you do if you're not part of an >organization? Are you required to identify yourself? > >If one must identify themselves a part of "freedom fighters, inc." >they open themselves to their changes being traced back to them along >with a flag on them saying, "I'm a freedom fighter." If they are not >part of an organization, but other "freedom fighter" organizations >are a part of the project, they become tied to those (perhaps, in the >eyes of the government) through their explicit association with the >project. > >I think this clause in the license absolutely fails the dissident test >because there is no way for someone to contribute anonymously, and, on >the face of it, no way to contribute without being a member of an >organization, a term the license fails to define.
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