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On 5/28/07, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. <bss03@××××××××××.net> wrote: |
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> On Monday 28 May 2007, Richard Freeman <rich@××××××××××××××.net> wrote |
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> > That requires |
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> > a bit of trust to work, and I'm not sure it is the best model. Sure, |
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> > with RS in charge I'm not worried, but nobody lives forever... |
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> Worst case scenario you fork from the last acceptably licensed version, so |
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> as long as the present license is perpetual and non-revocable then you are |
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> fine. IIRC, the GPLv2 is perpetual but revocable, but only if you violate |
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> it (for ANY content) in the first place. |
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FSF is a charity (see http://www.fsf.org/about) |
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even if RMS dies this will not effect it's chartered aims |
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- robert |
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