On Aug 8, 2013, at 2:09 PM, Doug Barton <dougb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 08/08/2013 02:04 PM, Paul Hoffman wrote: >> On Aug 8, 2013, at 1:46 PM, Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >>> We might reach consensus that it's OK to release change control over >>> the Tao (although I'm not sure I agree with that - what's so hard about >>> keeping it under an RFC-like license?). >> >> Nothing is "hard" about it. The question is whether granting a different license will help the goals of the Tao more than the current license. Many people (including me, the current editor) think that a lighter-weight license would get the Tao read by more people. > > Can you elaborate on why the license makes a difference? We have been told it would make it easier for people to make and distribute translations. --Paul Hoffman