On Mon, Jan 28, 2002 at 09:51:05AM -0800, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: > Bzzt! NO! > > Do not "just upload" packages with license questions. Sort the > questions out *first* and don't try and hide them or force the FTP > queue masters to do your job. > > In my opinion, the license in question is problematic for Debian. > Branden, what do you think?
To date, no one has addressed my concern in Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. In short, we would not regard as DFSG-free a license that said you couldn't distribute the work on a CD-ROM, quarter-inch magnetic tapes, on clay tablets, or engraved onto a mountainside. I do not see how restricting the distribution of a work in "book" form can somehow evade requirements of the DFSG that we apply to all other physical media. I do not find O'Reilly's reported assertion that "books are different" persuasive. Therefore, I would reject the license as not DFSG-free, as I presently understand it. -- G. Branden Robinson | Debian GNU/Linux | If encryption is outlawed, only [EMAIL PROTECTED] | outlaws will @goH7Ok=<q4fDj]Kz?. http://people.debian.org/~branden/ |
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