[Foundation-l] Let's switch to CC-BY-SA

Tue Sep 11 15:25:08 UTC 2007

I disagree.
Some judges try to look at intentions, some stick to the letter, as the
intentions of a license are only guesswork.
And how can something which is illegal be moral?

On 9/11/07, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Well, I don't know what 'de minimis' is in your opinion, but surely
> > when we want others to keep to the GFDL, keeping to it ourselves would
> > be the first thing to do. If we say it's okay to break some rules of
> > the GFDL, why not others? If it's okay to not make a title page as
> > required by the GFDL, why is it not okay to not include the full text
> > of the license?
>
> It all boils down to "the spirit of the license". As long as we don't
> violate the spirit of the license (which we don't), we should be fine.
> If not legally, then at least morally.
>
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