On Thursday 28 February 2008 11:27:15 am Bernhard R. Link wrote: > * Sean Kellogg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [080228 20:01]: > > On Thursday 28 February 2008 10:19:26 am Walter Landry wrote: > > > You just have not been around long enough ;) The desert island test > > > was first mentioned in 2002 in > > > > > > http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2002/01/msg00010.html > > > > An actual cite to the DFSG, but it is from before my time... of course, > > there is no explanation of how a "licenses in which any changes must be > > sent to some specific place" violates: > > > > 1. Free redistribution. > > 2. Inclusion of source code. > > 3. Allowing for modifications and derived works. > > The desert island test and the dissident test are just simple examples > why "you may modify provided that you publish" is something very > different from "you may modify".
Which is yet different from "you may modify provided that when you distribute you also provide soure code"... DFSG #3 says there must be a means to make modification, it doesn't say anything about conditions. -Sean -- Sean Kellogg e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
