a plea

Tue Sep 11 02:09:34 UTC 2007

Brian Behlendorf wrote:

> Count me in with Luis's lot, concerned that the sheer volume of messages
> on this list threatens to prevent the involvement of more than a small
> group. Therefore, I plea that we discontinue the conversations about
> tort law, the mechanics or ethics of sublicensing, or other fairly
> off-topic conversations. It's especially annoying when those continue
> to happen under an old no-longer-relevant subject line, and especially
> disappointing when that is done by people who should know better. I
> think these topics do deserve a place to be discussed, but that ain't
> license-discuss.

+1
Could an alternative list be set up?
Another list I'm on has a parallel list (called un-) to which threads are moved (by a moderator) when they become off topic. 
Alternatively, a new list could be set up called license-approve...
Brendan 