Re: srfi licensing

Michael Sperber <sperber-jNDFPZUTrfQQDnmTUQnR1uqEdJ8o/[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.lisp.scheme.plt.schematics
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>>>>> "MJ" == MJ Ray <[email protected]> writes:

MJ> What was the intention? If it was to prevent SRFI-unrelated
MJ> incompatible derived works of the reference implementations, then that
MJ> is surely not free software 

No, it doesn't.  The FAQ spells this out, if anyone considers it
necessary.

MJ> The current licence does not seem the best way to preserve the
MJ> integrity of the standards documents. 

Well, I'm sure the license has its faults.  On the other hand, it's
there now, it's attached to 50+ SRFIs, and we know what it means.

-- 
Cheers =8-} Mike
Friede, Völkerverständigung und überhaupt blabla


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