* Branden Robinson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Tue, Jun 14, 2005 at 01:38:53PM +0100, Matthew Garrett wrote: > > Julien BLACHE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Their trademark policy is something that should not exist in a free > > > software context. They don't care about free software. They don't care > > > about distributors/vendors. > > > > What is DFSG 4 if not a grudging acceptance of this sort of behaviour as > > free? > > Integrity of The Author's Source Code > > The license may restrict source-code from being distributed in modified > form _only_ if the license allows the distribution of "patch files" with > the source code for the purpose of modifying the program at build time. > The > license must explicitly permit distribution of software built from > modified > source code. The license may require derived works to carry a different > name or version number from the original software. (This is a compromise. > The Debian group encourages all authors not to restrict any files, source > or binary, from being modified.) > > The point of DFSG 4, as I understand it, is to permit the licensor to take > certain explicit steps to prevent people from drawing the inference that > the licensor endorses modified versions in any way. > > I think if DFSG 4 had intended to grant licensors broad latitude to invent > novel ways of prevent such an inference from being drawn, it would have > been worded differently -- or, at least, the last two sentences would have > been. > > In my opinion, DFSG 4 somewhat clumsily lumps together two related but > distinguishable issues -- one is a presentation format for distribution, > the other is a means for the work to identify itself.
My problem with it is DFSG 8. If we accept a trademark license, we're attaching additional rights to the program that are Debian-specific. I understand that the DFSG were framed in the context of copyright licenses, but I think it makes sense in a broader context. -- Eric Dorland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ICQ: #61138586, Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1024D/16D970C6 097C 4861 9934 27A0 8E1C 2B0A 61E9 8ECF 16D9 70C6 -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.12 GCS d- s++: a-- C+++ UL+++ P++ L++ E++ W++ N+ o K- w+ O? M++ V-- PS+ PE Y+ PGP++ t++ 5++ X+ R tv++ b+++ DI+ D+ G e h! r- y+ ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------
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