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charset="iso-8859-1" 97 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 98 99 I do not know that Bitcoin's position is any weaker because of the terms th= 100 at the software is licenced under. 101 102 103 Cory Fields said: 104 105 >Let other projects faff about with copyright litigation and trademark dilu= 106 tion concerns 107 108 109 I disagree completely with any licence change. As well as allowing for the = 110 use of a software, a licence is also a disclaimer for those responsible for= 111 the release. Changing a single word can have drastic implications should t= 112 here ever be any action considered against any involved party or group. The= 113 current MIT licence is IMHO the right fit. 114 115 116 Regards, 117 118 Damian Williamson 119 120 --_000_PS2P216MB01795F951980A6681D81582B9DF50PS2P216MB0179KORP_ 121 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" 122 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 123 124 <html> 125 <head> 126 <meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-= 127 1"> 128 <style type=3D"text/css" style=3D"display:none;"><!-- P {margin-top:0;margi= 129 n-bottom:0;} --></style> 130 </head> 131 <body dir=3D"ltr"> 132 <div id=3D"divtagdefaultwrapper" dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"font-size: 12pt; colo= 133 r: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,"EmojiFont&= 134 quot;,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji",NotoColorEmo= 135 ji,"Segoe UI Symbol","Android Emoji",EmojiSymbols;"> 136 <p style=3D"margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0">I do not know that Bitcoin's pos= 137 ition is any weaker because of the terms that the software is licenced unde= 138 r.</p> 139 <p style=3D"margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0"><br> 140 </p> 141 <p style=3D"margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0"><span>Cory Fields</span> said:<b= 142 r> 143 </p> 144 <p style=3D"margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0"><span>>Let other projects faf= 145 f about with copyright litigation and trademark dilution concerns</span></p= 146 > 147 <p style=3D"margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0"><br> 148 </p> 149 <p style=3D"margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0">I disagree completely with any l= 150 icence change. As well as allowing for the use of a software, a licence is = 151 also a disclaimer for those responsible for the release. Changing a single = 152 word can have drastic implications 153 should there ever be any action considered against any involved party or g= 154 roup. The current MIT licence is IMHO the right fit.<br> 155 </p> 156 <p style=3D"margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0"><br> 157 </p> 158 <p style=3D"margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0">Regards,</p> 159 <p style=3D"margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0">Damian Williamson<br> 160 </p> 161 </div> 162 </body> 163 </html> 164 165 --_000_PS2P216MB01795F951980A6681D81582B9DF50PS2P216MB0179KORP_-- 166