Subj : Question on FTS-0001
To   : Andrew Leary
From : Alexey Vissarionov
Date : Sat Oct 14 2023 06:14 am

Good ${greeting_time}, Andrew!

13 Oct 2023 05:09:30, you wrote to Ward Dossche:

AL>>> I consider it unlikely that anything will change in that regard.
AL>>> The documentation should be corrected to document actual practice,
AL>>> but that raises the issue of the copyright on FTS-0001.
WD>> What about it ?
AL> Randy Bush's copyright notice as published in FTS-0001.016 does not
AL> allow distributing it unless it is without modification and at no
AL> charge. To proceed with updating it, we would need to secure Randy
AL> Bush's permission first.

I've once offered a working method of bypassing any and all of fu...nny copyrights.

AL> The alternative would be to completely rewrite it from scratch.

Yes, and the new document could be based just on existing open software.


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