Re: New OPL Draft

[esr@thyrsus.com]

David Lawyer <dave@lafn.org>:
> I don't agree.  I think we need one license with the option added as a
> suffix to the title as previously proposed.  For example OPL-no_modify
> or OPL-free.
> 
> One reason for using the same license is that it is easier to
> understand just one license (even with options) than it is to
> understand a few (or several) different licenses.  Another reason is
> to facilitate interoperability.  Suppose one wanted to combine
> two related documents by piecing together subsections (and paragraphs)
> from each.  If they were both under the same license (even though
> they used different options) it might be easier to proceed.  

I also agree.  One license with clearly-defined options, flagged in the
title, would be vastly better than three licenses.
-- 
		<a href="http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr";>Eric S. Raymond</a>

According to the National Crime Survey administered by the Bureau of
the Census and the National Institute of Justice, it was found that
only 12 percent of those who use a gun to resist assault are injured,
as are 17 percent of those who use a gun to resist robbery. These
percentages are 27 and 25 percent, respectively, if they passively
comply with the felon's demands. Three times as many were injured if
they used other means of resistance.
        -- G. Kleck, "Policy Lessons from Recent Gun Control Research,"


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