Re: An attempt to be constructive

Ben Tilly <[email protected]> writes:
>> >3. The current AL probably does not convey the above in terms
>> >   acceptable to lawyers and it is worth making it do so.
>> >Can we all agree on these points?
>>
>>No.  I disagree with #3.
>
>May I ask what part you disagree with?
>
>That it is probably not acceptable with lawyers?  That is a
>statement of fact and we have evidence for it.

What were the names of the lawyers that found it unaccepable?
(And as I understand 'em if one doesn't like it there will 
by necessity be one that does ;-)) 

>
>That it is worth making it do so?  It depends how much it
>obfuscates the license.  

Exactly. I like the AL because it is layman friendly.

>In my eyes there is a win in having
>the artistic license actually express the opinion that Tom
>stated, that artistic control remains with the author but you
>can do anything which does not infringe.  People want to be
>able to say that easily.  As long as the cost of coming up
>with a legally tight way of doing that is not great, why
>would you object to it being done?
>
>Allow me to rephrase.
>
>If you saw a license that lawyers liked which was both readable
>and not significantly different in spirit from the current one
>(my definition of that spirit is taken from Tom's rant about
>artistic control and honesty), do you see a net win to adopting
>it?

Yes, but I pesonally doubt that something lawyers liked would be 
readable - I have read too many patent claims. 

-- 
Nick Ing-Simmons <[email protected]>
Via, but not speaking for: Texas Instruments Ltd.