On Sat, Dec 04, 1999 at 02:40:28AM +0100, Henning Makholm wrote: > Richard Stallman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >> you have to include the note `This distro is partially made of free > >> software' in all ads of distros mixed from either free and non-free code > > > Since the required sentence does not contain the author's name, this > > does not cause the same practical problems as the BSD advertising clause. > > I think the basic practical problem remains: if I make a cdrom with a > gazillion different tarballs, most of which are free except that they > require some specific language to be included in all marketing of > my disk---but DIFFERENT language for each package---it might be > difficult for me to market that cdrom at all, because 3 square feet > of those blurbs in 5-point print end up being rather expensive > in most newspapers and magazines. And my potential customers would > probably not bother reading my ad at all if it looks like that.
And that is why I made dfsg changing proposal and reported policy wishlist bug But nobody's interested
