Re: An attempt to be constructive

At 13:02 -0700 2000.09.11, Russ Allbery wrote:
>Chris Nandor <[email protected]> writes:
>> At 10:58 -0400 2000.09.11, Bradley M. Kuhn wrote:
>
>>> I have been talking with Eben Moglen, a prominent law professor at
>>> Columbia University, and he is willing to help us in developing some
>>> proposed new versions of the Artistic License.
>
>> That sounds really bad.  The last thing we need in here is a lawyer
>> helping us out.  Lawyers should come last.
>
>Perhaps; it depends on how clear the AL already is.  :)  If it's already
>quite clear in English, if not in legal terms, then a lawyer starting from
>it should come up with something pretty close to what everyone wants.

But my point is that I don't want a laywer actually writing the license.  I
would rather he give his input and opinions, and then others do the
writing.  I am far more interested in his opinion of the existing license
than his version of it.

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