On Thu, 19 Apr 2007, Ben Finney wrote: > This doesn't address the concern that motivated this discussion: > that the license texts which have restrictions on modification are > non-free works by the DFSG, yet are being distributed in Debian > against the Social Contract.
License texts which are being distributed in their capacity as a license under which a work in Debian is distributed cannot be modified necessarily. I don't believe anyone is seriously arguing differently, save as a method of defending non-modifiability elsewhere. This was raised in 2004 on this list (and presumably earlier as well.)[1] I don't believe we need an amendment to the Social Contract to specifically state this as the case, but a correctly worded one which specifically amended the social contract and/or the DFSG appropriately may be worth some thought. Unfortunatly, the currently proposed amendment does not disambiguate between license texts in their capacity as a license under which a work is distribute and random text which is labelled as a license. Don Armstrong 1: http://lists.debian.org/debian-vote/2004/01/msg01307.html -- All bad precedents began as justifiable measures. -- Gaius Julius Caesar in "The Conspiracy of Catiline" by Sallust http://www.donarmstrong.com http://rzlab.ucr.edu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
