Ken Arromdee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > By the way, where are the "dissident test" (or for that matter, the > "desert island test") described? They don't seem to be in the > definition of the DFSG on debian.org, a search on debian.org for > "dissident" brings up no results, and it's not clear that an outside > person who looks at a summary would know what they mean.
Tests like the dissident test and the dessert island test are sort of unofficial (or maybe semi-official) rules of thumb for deciding whether restrictions (generally but not necessarily on modification) are meaningful or not. The idea is that you imagine a particular scenario, and try to decide if the individual in the scenario can freely use the software. Take a look at section 8 of: http://people.debian.org/~bap/dfsg-faq.html -- Jeremy Hankins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PGP fingerprint: 748F 4D16 538E 75D6 8333 9E10 D212 B5ED 37D0 0A03
