- From: Alex Mogilevsky <alexmog@exchange.microsoft.com>
- Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2008 14:16:50 -0800
- To: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>, "public-css-testsuite@w3.org" <public-css-testsuite@w3.org>
I took time to read the licenses in question (excluding Apache v2, which is just too long for me, not being a lawyer...). I think I understand Ian's position better now. It does seem to be a problem for an open-source project to include tests with W3C license, since it doesn't allow modifications. Ian, it sounds like you have a positive precedent on licensing change from HTML working group. Can you point at the new licensing terms for HTML tests, and a thread or F2F notes that led to the change? Hopefully it would make this discussion productive (as I think it has by now digressed into a process discussion when it should have focused on merits of the issue). I am not in a position currently to say if Microsoft would support a change of licensing towards a less restrictive one. I will be when there is a specific proposed change. Personally I think that would be a right thing to do. As far as making inclusion of your tests in CSS test suite conditional on a change in licensing, it certainly helps to attract attention to the issue. I am not sure it helps to resolve it though - the issue exists whether or not your tests are part of the suite. But it is your work of course, I wouldn't think of pressuring you into sharing it in a particular way... --Alex
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