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From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Licensing a file format (was Re: SVN Branch Description Format)
Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2012 20:34:22 -0500
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Hi Andrew,

Andrew Sayers wrote:

> I'm planning to release the spec under a Creative Commons
> Attribution-NoDerivs license
[...]
> So the big question - would you be more inclined to use/contribute to
> the SVN Branch Description Format if it had a different license?

Yes.  By the way, I think fear of forking/discussion of potential
improvements/translation into other languages in the context of
standards is misguided.  If you would like legal protection for your
standard, that is what trademark law is for.

Kind regards,
Jonathan