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Subject: Re: Updated Licence Policy
From: Jonathan Riddell <jr () jriddell ! org>
Date: 2007-11-28 17:18:38
Message-ID: 20071128171838.GB9248 () muse ! 19inch ! net
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On Mon, Nov 26, 2007 at 06:00:18PM -0800, Andreas wrote:
> I respectfully disagree with your conclusion re: the membership. The
> GPL is pretty clear how acceptance is manifested - "that proxy's
> public statement of acceptance of a version *permanently* authorizes
> you to choose that version for the Program". Section 8(5) of the KDE
> eV's charter specifies that "[e]ach individual board member has the
> right to represent the [eV] to outside parties" and the charter does
> not clearly reserve the authority to approve a license to the
> membership. So it seems to me that if the KDE eV board (or an
> officer) publicly stated that the version was accepted, the issue is
> settled, irrespective of what the membership thinks. Personally I
> think this is rather unwise.
OK, you convinced me, I've updated the draft.
Jonathan
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