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On 02/08/2012, at 10:27 PM, Benson Margulies <bimargulies@gmail.com> =
wrote:

> In my personal opinion, a request for an exception to the LGPL policy
> from a podling should be put up for discussion at general@incubator
> before being sent to legal. However, that's just my opinion, and
> anyone who wants to throw a tomato at me for manufacturing a spurious
> procedure is welcome to do so.

*lob* :)

IMO, the incubator is for pointing podlings at the right resources, not =
becoming a layer of indirection. But I'm not sure we need to get into =
the role of the Incubator here ;)

>=20
> More broadly, I wonder if it really should be legal, as opposed to the
> board or some other delegate, who decides if adequate justification is
> offered for such an exception.

As a policy question, I think the board has already delegated that =
authority to this committee: "the Legal Affairs Committee be and hereby =
is responsible for establishing and managing legal policies based on the =
advice of legal counsel and the interests of the Foundation".

Cheers,
Brett=

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