Re: (re-)evaluation of notabug.org

[Richard Stallman]

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  > the confusing part of that, is "-or-later" - it is not
  > technically possible for the forge to "offer" "-or-later" - that
  > is a maintenance task for the code maintainer, completely
  > unrelated to the initial license chooser -

The specific facts you cite are correct, but you're interpreting
"offer" in a narrow sense.  That doesn't serve our purposes.
The forge consists of what it says as well as what it technically does.

                                               for that reason, the
  > intention of C5, A2, and A3, could only be evident in the form
  > of documentation - the software has no way to enforce
  > "-or-later", nor to assist with implementing it - all they can

Yes it can.  Simply giving good instructions would assist.  It could
implement a wizard which would suggest changes to add license notices
in files, and add them automatically if the user wishes.

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Dr Richard Stallman
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Founder, Free Software Foundation (https://fsf.org)
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