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On Sat, 11 Dec 2004 14:04:17 -0500 Mark Shewmaker
<mark(_at_)primefactor(_dot_)com>
wrote:
Llooking at some of the Debian organization's basic documents ...
MASG Protocol Guidelines:
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1. Protocols must not require the use of any licenses
which would have the effect of noticeably slowing deployment,
or have the effect of making implementation noticeably more
difficult.
Specifically, the protocol must not require the use of any
licenses which would mean that resulting implementations
would necessarily be incompatible with the Free Software
Foundation's Free Software Definition, Software in the
Public Interest's Debian Free Software Guidelines, the
Open Source Initiative's Open Source Definition, or
incompatible with either the latest version of the
Free Software Foundations's General Public License
or the Apache Software Foundation's Apache License.
It would be equally problematic if proprietary implementations were
prohibited. Solutions need to be open to all.
Scott Kitterman