Re: #1400 Opinion poll - question draft

[Frank Ellermann <nobody at xyzzy.claranet.de>]

Joel M. Halpern wrote:

> I think that leaving it up to the working group is a bad idea

Agreed, but isn't example code typically written by individual
contributors ?  The Chairs won't tolerate it if WGs waste time
with legalese.  Most examples I could name without looking are
individual contributions, not written by a committ^WWG.

> First and foremost, it means that readers do not know what to
> expect.  Even if we gave the WG a small list of choices (as
> small as two) we are introducing confusion.

They'll get over it, the examples in old RFCs and elsewhere use
various licenses.  For independent submissions that apparently
will stay as is.  For anything else we'd get say two standard
choices, and the exceptions for special cases.

If WGs waste time it's probably about exceptional cases, and
with only one standard choice there might be more exceptions.

Frank



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