On Thu, Jul 15, 2004 at 02:01:55AM +0100, Matthew Garrett wrote: > > Notice those have a special exception in the DFSG -- such impositions > > are non-free in general, but as a particular exception, patch clauses > > are Debian-Free. > > Right, which indicates that we have nothing in principle against minor > technical awkwardnesses.
Patch clauses are not a "minor technical awkwardnesses"; they are a major, onerous hurdle to free software development. They would be clearly and obviously (to me) non-free, without the special, explicit exception in DFSG#4. I certainly hate seeing people attempt to use DFSG#4 as a lever to allow other major obstacles. -- Glenn Maynard
