On Sat, 15 Jul 2000, Joey Hess wrote: > Clay Crouch wrote: > > So, to the "brass tacks". Is requiring payment for commercial exploitation > > considered 'discrimination' WRT the DFSG? > > The license of a Debian component may not restrict any party from > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > selling or giving away the software as a component of an aggregate > ^^^^^^^ > software distribution containing programs from several different > sources. The license may not require a royalty or other fee for > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > such sale.
The license does not restrict the _distribution_ of it. It can be sold as part of an aggregate. So, I am not sure Clause 1 (Free Redistribution) of the DFSG applies. It is Clause 6 (No Discrimination Against Fields of Endeavor) that troubles me.... And I am not %100 sure is this license violates Clause 6. However.... I would guess that if there's any question, then it is _not_ DFSG compliant. So, unstable/non-free it is.... Cheers! ____________________________________________________________________ / Clay Crouch, Shamless Bum ;^> | <http://danno.tzo.com/~danno> \ | Linux Administration/Consulting | <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | | Debian Package Maintainer | <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | +----------------------------------+---------------------------------+ | "Away put your weapon; I mean you no harm." -- Master Yoda | +--------------------------------------------------------------------| | 1024D/7D2AD631: 2319 2356 FEDF 4631 63F3 762A E443 1C2A 7D2A D631 | \____________________________________________________________________/
