Joe Buck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Jeremy Hankins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > I'm not clear what "the extent practicable" means here, but it > > sounds like you may be required to purge the authors name/etc. from > > the work if the author asks you to. That sounds like another > > non-free point. > > Careful. Is Debian attempting to push a concept of "free" that > conflicts with the European concept of the author's moral right? In my personal opinion, the "moral rights" idea is very disturbing. I know it has its defenders, but I'd be very surprised if a license patterned after moral rights could pass the DFSG. Of course, that's not an uncommon characteristic for a law to have (the US has it's fair share of such laws). But saying that a license is like the "European concept of author's moral right" is a long way from a DFSG free pass. On the other hand, I'm not at all clear on the parallel between droit d'author and this license. Removing all reference to someone is a whole lot farther reaching than avoiding misrepresentations. Perhaps I'd like to quote you in a critique of your position? I assume that even moral rights would not give you the right to make me remove any reference to you from my critique. > If, in a foolish attempt at consistency, Debian wants to insist on the > right to put words in peoples' mouths, there's a problem. And this is yet a third issue, unrelated to either (a) purging all reference to the author at the authors request, or (b) purging the authors name from a work he finds personally repugnant. Conflating these three very separate issues isn't helpful. -- Jeremy Hankins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PGP fingerprint: 748F 4D16 538E 75D6 8333 9E10 D212 B5ED 37D0 0A03
