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Subject: Re: [search-ws] OpenSearch relationship to Search-WS
LeVan,Ralph wrote: > What you're seeing is not very mature yet and is the topic of mild > disagreement. Some of us hope that we can actually hijack the > opensearch spec and include it as part of SRU. Others hope merely to be > able to specify SRU servers in the opensearch spec. It is awaiting > further discussion. > > In the meantime, we're hoping that the threat of hijacking will get the > attention of the opensearch developers and get them involved in our > process. Having put it that way, what we are doing is threatening to > kidnap their child in the hope of getting them to like us. > This is very aptly put ;-) > Doesn't seem like a good idea. > +1 There may be license issues as well. The current license is here: <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/> It requires that if we were to do what we are doing then our spec would also be licensed under "creative commons" license. That may be incompatible with OASIS policies. ps: thanks for your patience with my numerous questions. There will be fewer in a few days. -- Regards, Farrukh Web: http://www.wellfleetsoftware.com
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