Scripsit "Jaldhar H. Vyas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Local modification of this release is permitted as follows, or by > mutual agreement: In order to reduce confusion and facilitate > debugging, we request that locally modified versions be denoted by > appending the letter "L" to the current version number, and that the > local changes be enumerated in the integral release notes and > associated documentation.
> [To meet these requirements it should be sufficient to call a hypothetical > Debian package 4.43L and add the line No - because they do not allow *distributing* such a "locally modified" release. > Redistribution of this release is permitted as follows, or by mutual > agreement: > (a) In free-of-charge or at-cost distributions by non-profit concerns; > (b) In free-of-charge distributions by for-profit concerns; > (c) Inclusion in a CD-ROM collection of free-of-charge, shareware, or > non-proprietary software for which a fee may be charged for the > packaged distribution. > [I guess this is the sticking point? Another sticking point. A DFSG-free license must allow for-profit redistribution. The "only free software" condition of prong (c) is explicitly disallowed by DFSG#9. > [This doesn't say that modifications must be made as patches only. Nothing says that not-as-patches modification may be distributed at all. In fact, the UW has told us directly and explicitly that they must *not* be distributed. I suppose it's in the list archives somewhere. -- Henning Makholm "Vend dig ikke om! Det er et meget ubehageligt syn!"
