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https://opendefinition.org/
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add compatibility should item #103

Closed mlinksva closed 9 years ago

mlinksva commented 9 years ago

Addressing #77

I continue to think compatibility an important issue and that the definition is by far the most powerful venue this group has, so should (heh) be mentioned there.

We have other _should_s in the definition, this one is as important.

I've kept this very brief:

The license should be compatible with other open licenses.

Some obvious ways to extend:

The license should be compatible with other open licenses to the maximum extent possible given its policy ends.

or

The license should be compatible with other open licenses, in particular one or more of the most commonly used copyleft licenses.

However I tend to think generality is good here, message should not prompt thinking of excuses (which ...policy ends... does) nor narrowness (which ...copyleft licesnes does).

wolftune commented 9 years ago

sent also to mailing list:

My inclination is to word it sort of like:

"The license should aim for compatibility with…"

and perhaps

"The license should avoid [extraneous] conditions that would create incompatibilities with other Open licenses"

Basically, the point is something like "Any clause that creates incompatibilities should require justification and careful consideration."

Essentially, "consider compatibility with other Open licenses as a high priority, and do not carelessly introduce incompatible terms."

I hope some of this perspective and writing can be used / adapted into this concern which I basically agree with.

mlinksva commented 9 years ago

Closing as we don't need renumbering, will use the added text in section 2 intro