On Tue, Apr 27, 2004 at 11:03:32PM +0200, Milan Zamazal wrote: > DFSG#1: > > The license of a Debian component may not restrict any party from > selling or giving away the software as a component of an aggregate > software distribution containing programs from several different > sources. The license may not require a royalty or other fee for > such sale. > > Why does this state the license must permit distribution on a DRM > medium?
Not permitting distribution on a DRM medium restricts "selling or giving away the software as a component of an aggregate software distribution containing programs from several different sources". It seems straightforward to me; I can't take the program, package it with something else (forming an aggregate software distribution), put it on a DRM medium and sell it, due to a license restriction. > HM> Section 3 (Copying in quantity): > HM> Forces to distribute transparent (source) along with the > HM> opaque (binary) form: forced distribution of goes against the > HM> spirit of the DFSG, altough not its letter. > > So this doesn't violate DFSG. Violating the spirit of the DFSG *is* violating the DFSG. Please don't insist that a set of guidelines be read as a set of strict rules. A lot of people try to do that, and it simply doesn't work. -- Glenn Maynard
