Raul Miller writes: > However, this whole situation does indicate that "openness" or > "freedom" exist on a spectrum, and aren't black and white issues.
What if IBM had left the patent clauses out entirely? Would we not then be saying that the license was clearly DFSG free? Yet such a license would grant *fewer* rights than does this one. > For better or worse, we have a proposed re-write of the DFSG being > considered (and it's been being worked on for quite a while). And if we are lucky will continue to be worked on forever. > This rewrite would indicate that software is not DFSG if the copyright > holder is also the patent holder and in some way restricts the > distribution of the software based on the patents. Perhaps Debian should have a patent policy document that is distinct from the DFSG. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI
