On Samedi, mai 25, 2002, at 10:00 pm, Jeremy Taffel wrote:
>
> May I suggest the following additions/modifications to the licence.
>
> a) The Registrar undertakes to accept and distribute any submissions
> received that are essential for the continued support or development of any
> hardware platform.
> b) Any developer who informs the Registrar of the intent to develop
> particular facilities/enhancements will be provided with a list of any
> known
> conflicting or duplicate development activities.
> c) Any developer will be given a written explanation for any submission
> that
> is rejected. ( Do we need an appeals process?)
> d) Any commercial development requiring payment shall be kept as separate
> modules to the core operating system. No development will be accepted which
> prevents the core operating system to be used without the purchase of the
> commercial module. Users who so desire, can purchase the core operating
> system alone.
> e) Binaries of the core operating system can be freely distributed provided
> that they are accompanied by a prominent warning that a fee for
> registration
> must be paid before any support (or full manuals???) can be received.
>
I personally like these modifications to the license.
Regards,
Francois Lanciault
