[tei-council] Fwd: [tei-board] licensing issues

[Sebastian Rahtz]

On 28 Sep 2011, at 13:59, Lou Burnard wrote:

> "The views and conclusions contained in the software and documentation 
> are those of the authors and should not be interpreted as representing 
> official policies, either expressed or implied, of <copyright holder>."
> 
> as a qualifier seems nonsensical to me. The Guidelines *do* express 
> views and conclusions which are TEI official policy. And who are "the 
> authors" if not the <copyright holder>?


it's an interesting question, in an after-dinner-with-port-and-cheese-and-nuts
sort of way, but are you seriously unhappy with the licence?

its just covering, in case of any future dispute whereby S Fish complains
about your use of his name in some prose written 15 years ago
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