Re: [Savannah-hackers-public] GFDL

[Sylvain Beucler]

On Wed, Feb 15, 2006 at 11:38:51PM +0100, Francesco Poli wrote:
> On Wed, 15 Feb 2006 05:41:26 -0500 David Turner wrote:
> 
> > > > In this regard, I asked what is the preferred way to send concerns
> > > > about the GFDL in general. address@hidden would be glad to
> > > > receive comments and use them for work on GFDL revision 3.
> > > 
> > > Most of these comments have been made for over 5 years now!
> > > I have been told that there is a new draft of the FDL ready
> > > for publication. Please publish it, so we can comment topically.
> > 
> > We're not prepared to release a new draft of the FDL in the middle of
> > the GPLv3 process.  There are a few reasons for this:
> > 
> > 1. We have limited staff resources.
> > 
> > 2. Some text from the GPL may be carried over into the FDL.
> 
> So, let me understand:
> 
>  * you admit that a new GFDL version is necessary to address its issues
> 
>  * there are not enough resources to start a public comment process
>    right now
> 
>  * there are enough resources to push the adoption of a *bad* license
>    with known issues, before it gets fixed
> 
> This puzzles me.
> Wouldn't it be wiser to fix the license *first* and only *then* ask for
> compatibility?

Better ask early, and it depends on whether the known issues of a
license outweight the issues of other solutions, or not.

-- 
Sylvain