Matthew Palmer writes: >On Tue, Jul 20, 2004 at 12:35:49PM +0100, Matthew Garrett wrote: > >> I'd be inclined to say that countries that limit exports of technology >> are broken and we should treat them as if they don't exist, even though > >But it's really dangerous to do so. Allowing such a licence into Debian >could result in our users to fall foul of situations just like these.
If we really think this is a major problem (and I'm not arguing against you, BTW), then why not get this codified into the DFSG via a GR? Get everybody[*] to agree on this, then we won't have to have this argument over and over again. People seem very leery of trying to update the DFSG, and it's not clear why. [*] FSVO "everybody" -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Every time you use Tcl, God kills a kitten." -- Malcolm Ray
