- From: Patrick Curran <Patrick.Curran@sun.com>
- Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2003 08:26:36 -0800
- To: Kirill Gavrylyuk <kirillg@microsoft.com>
- CC: Joseph Reagle <reagle@w3.org>, www-qa-wg@w3.org
Indeed. I've submitted a detailed critique of the Document License, and we'll be discussing these issues soon. Kirill Gavrylyuk wrote: > Hi Joseph, > > Rereading the new W3C Document License [1] from December 31^st , 2002, > I find that it allows only copying and distribution : > > & Permission to copy, and distribute the contents of this document, or > the W3C document from which this statement is linked, in any medium > for any purpose and without fee or royalty is hereby granted, provided > that you include the following on /ALL/ copies of the document, or > portions thereof, that you use: > > Where as the previous W3C Document License [2] from April 5^th , 1999, > that we always used in our submissions in 2001 and 2002 allows use, > copying and distribution : > > & Permission to use, copy, and distribute the contents of this > document, or the W3C document from which this statement is linked, in > any medium for any purpose and without fee or royalty is hereby > granted, provided that you include the following on /ALL/ copies of > the document, or portions thereof, that you use: > > So essentially the new Document License does not allow to use the > materials published under it. Which means one cannot even read the > materials, let alone use them to design implementations. > > Is it a typo or intended? I believe this was brought up on XML Schema > WG as a blocker for using the license for test materials. > > [1] http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Legal/2002/copyright-documents-20021231 > > [2] http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Legal/copyright-documents-19990405 >
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