Hi Russel, It's with my laywers now. Let's see what they have to say.
His initial impressions, and mine, seem to be that regardless of whether you apporve or disapprove of a 'rant', if the licence upholds the principles of free software then it is certifiable. we'll see what mr fancy-pants lawyer says before I push this further. I believe I have until the last wednesday of the month before the board meets to review the APOSSL. cheers dave At 12:43 AM -0500 9/3/02, Russell Nelson wrote: >dave sag writes: > > We state > > > > 4. The term pronoic should be used to endorse and promote >products derived > > from this software before obtaining written permission. For written > > permission, you must contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Dave, we have been asked to approve political rants couched in the >form of a license in the past, and have refused. I expect fully that >this will happen again. Do you still want us to put your license to a >vote, given this information? > >This is not to say that I disagreee with your rant, with political >rants specifically, or even ranting in general. Go ahead! Have at >it! > >-- >-russ nelson http://russnelson.com | Crypto without a threat >Crynwr sells support for free software | PGPok | model is like cookies >521 Pleasant Valley Rd. | +1 315 268 1925 voice | without milk. >Potsdam, NY 13676-3213 | +1 315 268 9201 FAX | -- license-discuss archive is at http://crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?3
