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Subject: 
Re: Moving the License Forward
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lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw
Date: 
Wed, 14 Jul 2004 18:58:34 GMT
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On Tue, Jul 13, 2004 at 10:32:37PM +0000, Tim Courtney wrote:
In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, Dan Boger wrote:
On Tue, Jul 13, 2004 at 04:52:20PM +0000, Steve Bliss wrote:

Oh, and I agree that the checkbox is evil, and shouldn't exist. Just
like we can't forsee why we would like to change the license, the
users can't forsee what changes they are agreeing to.

'Evil' is a bit too strong of a word here, and I think it's an unfair
labeling.

I was using Steve's word, but I believe we both meant it in the geeky
sense of "should not exist", and not "is maliciously placed".

Dan

--
Dan Boger
dan@peeron.com



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  Re: Moving the License Forward
 
(...) 'Evil' is a bit too strong of a word here, and I think it's an unfair labeling. The checkbox doesn't say that the author (not user) forsees the changes they're agreeing to, rather it says that they put their trust in the SteerCo to guide the (...) (20 years ago, 13-Jul-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)

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