Nicola dixit:
In practice, it works as follows. If you would like to ask a question
but
are
not sure if it's relevant, interesting or has been asked before, you can
submit it to mentors.ln@lists.fsfe.org. A mentor from that list will
give
you a reply in private that will either:
Aha - I see where this comes from. No probs, but I don't think the suggestion that anyone may send any question is quite right... the idea is that:
"If a newcomer to FOSS legal issues would like to ask a question regarding FOSS licensing / legal issues but is not sure if it's relevant, interesting or has been asked before... (e.g. where can a document be found, if anything has been written on X before, has Y been discussed before, is the BSD a copyleft license, who is "RMS", what does DRMS mean and is the same as RMS, what is a derivative work under GPLv2, whether GPLv3 is really a free software license, is VMware going to win the court case in Germany, etc.), you can submit it to mentors.ln@lists.fsfe.org. [Hopefully] A mentor from that list will give you a reply [that you may understand]"
:-)
Malcolm
On Tuesday, 24 May 2016 20:04:52 CEST you wrote:
Nicola dixit:
In practice, it works as follows. If you would like to ask a question
but
are
not sure if it's relevant, interesting or has been asked before, you can
submit it to mentors.ln@lists.fsfe.org. A mentor from that list will
give
you a reply in private that will either:
Aha - I see where this comes from. No probs, but I don't think the suggestion that anyone may send any question is quite right...
Of course, I agree with you. It seemed obvious to me that the themes of the Mentors of the Legal Network mailing list had to be the same as the main mailing list (FOSS legal issues), and I see now how my wording was misleading.
the idea is that:
"If a newcomer to FOSS legal issues would like to ask a question regarding FOSS licensing / legal issues but is not sure if it's relevant, interesting or has been asked before... (e.g. where can a document be found, if anything has been written on X before, has Y been discussed before, is the BSD a copyleft license, who is "RMS", what does DRMS mean and is the same as RMS, what is a derivative work under GPLv2, whether GPLv3 is really a free software license, is VMware going to win the court case in Germany, etc.), you can submit it to mentors.ln@lists.fsfe.org. [Hopefully] A mentor from that list will give you a reply [that you may understand]"
I would wait a bit and see if the next two-three questions are still off topic before sending out the clarification (I don't want to give the impression that the mentors are already complaining about the questions they received ;) ) but if you think it's better I'll have no problem clarifying the scope of the list straight away.
All the best,