ACTION-29

Follow up on the idea of a free-software-compatible license for a note on HTML authoring

State:
open
Person:
Dan Connolly
Due on:
2008-11-04
Created on:
2007-11-29
Associated Product:
authoring guide
Related emails:
  1. {minutes} HTML WG issue-tracking telcon 2008-06-19 (from mike@w3.org on 2008-06-25)
  2. License discussions in progress at W3M (from chris@w3.org on 2008-05-14)
  3. {minutes} 2008-04-03 HTML WG telcon (from mike@w3.org on 2008-04-04)
  4. {minutes} HTML WG teleconference 2008-01-24 (from mike@w3.org on 2008-01-25)

Related notes:

2007-11-29 16:04:16: I forwarded it internally. Mike, feel free to re-assign this action to you. [Dan Connolly]

2007-11-29 16:05:17: oh... it= Anne's msg. http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/spec-prod/2007OctDec/0006.html [Dan Connolly]

2007-11-29 16:05:43: original suggestion was:
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2007Nov/0292.html
[Dan Connolly]

2007-12-06 05:17:55: the internal discussion is underway, but it looks like it will take a while. Anybody who needs this before end of Jan will please say so. [Dan Connolly]

2008-07-10 14:23:35: haven't heard anything since the 14 May update; I'm pinging people internally. [Dan Connolly]

2008-07-17 15:30:15: internal discussion shows progress, but it's slow. [Dan Connolly]

2008-08-14 15:35:40: internal discussion continues... it seems likely that we'll explicitly license exerpts but not modifications.

The IETF seems to be working on something similar. http://trustee.ietf.org/docs/IETF_Trust_Legal_Permission_for_IETF_Docs_8-05-08.txt [Dan Connolly]

2008-09-11 16:10:11: Henri Sivonen's reply to Chris Lilley explains his interest in a free software license: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-archive/2008Jun/0147.html [Shawn Medero]

2008-10-10 14:16:13: internal deadline pushed back [Dan Connolly]

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