On Wed, Jul 09, 2003 at 12:11:16PM -0500, Steve Langasek wrote: > > I see no consensus one way or the other, but I did not see a single > > person defend the license as DFSG-free as written. > > http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2002/debian-legal-200211/msg00305.html
...in which Sam Hartman says it might be. > http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2002/debian-legal-200211/msg00300.html ...in which Richard Braakman says, "this license only needs some clarification to be free." Which logically means that until and unless appropriate clarification has been received, it is not. > http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2002/debian-legal-200211/msg00304.html ...in which Edmund Grimley Evans says it's free. Okay, so: UnicodeData.txt license DFSG-freeness consensus: Branden Robinson NO Jim Penny NO [1] Sam Hartman maybe Richard Braakman NO (needs clarification) Edmund Grimley Evans YES Yes, certainly a clear consensus. > So maybe it would be nice to have an archive that can follow threads > across mailing lists, as well. > > I note that the posts which made the clearest statement supporting this > license as potentially DFSG-free ("if you hold it up to the light the > right way" ;) went unanswered by anyone who felt the file was non-free. If I'd known that 3 "NO"s, a "YES", and a "MAYBE" would be interpreted as consensus that the license is free, you can be sure'd I'd have been more vigorous in my responses. > (I guess the dissenters were otherwise occupied with beating down those > who wished to make standards exempt from the DFSG.) I don't know what > other definition of consensus is possible, What's the definition you're offering? That if a plurality says no, a minority says yes, and a sufficient number of others are ambivalent, something is DFSG-free? [1] However, he feels it should be put in main anyway. -- G. Branden Robinson | Mob rule isn't any prettier just Debian GNU/Linux | because you call your mob a [EMAIL PROTECTED] | government. http://people.debian.org/~branden/ |
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