Re: licensing issues

At 22.39 -0500 01.14.2001, David Grove wrote:
>I think that "charter" would be more palatable than "manifesto", although
>I won't lose the sentiment in semantics. I've been thinking the same
>thing, and agree entirely. Whereas the license could use some tightening
>up to allow legal enforcement of rights and restrictions, such a charter
>could allow for public censure to serve the same purpose as seeking legal
>remedy when Larry's hands are otherwise tied.

I think the purpose of such a "charter" should be to inform rather than
punish supposed offenders.  To have suchg a wrong-headed motivation seems
to me to be asking for failure.


>However, there's a fly in the ointment. In current circumstances, Larry's
>hands may well be tied to so much as consider an "official" charter of
>this nature, much less bless it. If this turns out to be so, what do we
>do?

Not have one.

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