License needed: Marcus Please start the process!

[Rich Shepard]

On Mon, 11 Oct 1999, David Hine wrote:

David, et al.:

> While I believe that Rich has a point in suggesting that we may benefit
> from a free interview with an intellectual property specialist, I am
> suggesting that Rich is capable of doing this and that he should do so,
> offering the SUM to the list.

  Will do. I'll ask folks I know at Intel, Tek, Mentor Graphics, The
Portland Group and other such places out here. 
 
> None the less, I am also of the view that we should act promptly as
> somehow the walls have ears in some cases like this. We would not want to
> miss out because we were slow acting.

  I agree most emphatically. Now that the issue has been publicly rasied,
let's move forward smartly. 
 
> Is this sounding like the direction to take?

  Unless there is a compelling reason not to do something positive now, then
I vote, "yes." Even if the GPL is not the ultimate license for GRASS,
copyright and GPL are excellent interim measures. They do not preclude later
change and they may turn out to be what everyone wants and what everyone
needs.

Rich

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