On 2004-07-24 12:13:08 +0100 "Parsons, Drew"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
After debian-legal goes to all the trouble of determining whether some
licence is free or not, it would be useful for their decision to be
displayed, so others can easily see the decision later, without
having to
waste time searching through the mailing list.
debian-legal (should?) consider software being packaged for debian,
not just the licence, so talking of "whether some licence is free"
actually doesn't make as much sense as you might think. Some people
have been trying to collect summaries of licences, but I suggest that
case studies of particular packages would be more useful and could
probably tie in with the previously posted "why is this in non-free"
list.
It could perhaps also serve
as a kind of "shame file", encouraging upstream authors to consider
changing
their program to a DSFG-free licence.
This is a really crap reason and should be avoided. Maybe explaining
to upstream authors why we don't like a licence is a good idea, but
trying to shame them doesn't sound like a good way to encourage them.
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