#1169 Re: #1166 Quotations from RFCs and I-Ds - suggested resolution

Harald Alvestrand <haraldalvestrand.no> writes:

> Unfortunately RT doesn't permit removing comments (not
in any method
> I've found, at least).
>
> And I still think the issues you mentioned are worth
considering in
> that context, even though they don't represent your
main position.
>
> Can you formulate what you want to have recorded? I can
add that.

Quoting this from my last e-mail would capture the gist of
it:

 In #1169, I would argue for granting rights to excerpts
under a
 license that permit incorporation of the excerpt in BSD and
GPL
 licensed material.

 Permitting only editorial and typographical changes is
incompatible
 with BSD/GPL.

> Simon Josefsson wrote:
>> Harald Alvestrand <haraldalvestrand.no> writes:
>>
>>   
>>> I've added your list of subissues to issue
#1169 - it's a good list.
>>>     
>>
>> https:
//rt.psg.com/Ticket/Display.html?id=1169
>>
>> The #1169 text now wholly mis-represent what I
argue for, because what
>> you quoted me saying there was something I argued
for in another
>> context...
>>
>> In #1169, I would argue for granting rights to
excerpts (and entire
>> documents) under a license that permit
incorporation of the excerpt in
>> BSD and GPL licensed material.
>>
>> Permitting only editorial and typographical changes
is incompatible
>> with BSD/GPL.
>>
>> Issue #1169 is one where I have given multiple
examples for, e.g., the
>> getaddrinfo man page issue, and the GSS-API
function description
>> issue.  It is one of the more important issues, and
I don't want my
>> position mis-understood.
>>
>> The examples I gave for #1166 were things to ponder
whether they are
>> to be permitted by "verbatim copying"
or not.
>>
>> After re-reading #1169, I think my list doesn't
make sense there, and
>> it mis-represent what I argue for, so please remove
it, or at least
>> modify the surrounding text to make it clear that I
don't argue for
>> those things in that context.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Simon
>>
>>   

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