[Fedora-legal-list] Default license changing questions

[Tom "spot" Callaway]

On 04/19/2010 05:18 PM, Bruno Wolff III wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 17:13:20 -0400,
>   Tom spot Callaway <tcallawa at redhat.com> wrote:
>>
>>> What happens in http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing is changed in error
>>> or by someone not authorized to make a change?
>>
>> That page is locked down tight. Only members of Fedora Legal can change
>> it, and that group is a very very controlled set of people. It (and the
>> Legal: and Packaging: namespace) are pretty much the only wiki pages
>> which are ACL restricted.
> 
> Think compromised machine. I would expect that if the page was changed by
> someone who had hacked the machine, that it wouldn't be legally binding,
> but don't really know.

In such a scenario, it could always be changed. The text says "as that
list may be revised from time to time by the Fedora Project Board." A
change made by unauthorized individual would not be considered a
revision by the Fedora Project Board (with Fedora Legal acting as their
proxy).

~spot