Hello,
IMO there is a derived work of the DFSG:
https://opensource.org/osd
See:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Source_Initiative#History
Disclaimer: I am not a member of the Debian Project but interested in
Free Software Licences.
Kind regards
Michael
Am 23.03.25 um 19:31 schrieb Francesco Poli:
On Sun, 23 Mar 2025 04:34:43 -0400 Marcia Wilbur wrote:
Hi. My name is Marcia Wilbur.
Hello Marcia,
[...]
I would like to use the Debian Free Software Guidelines document as a model
for my projects as well as promote DFSG or a derivative as a model for
other projects.
At this point in time, the only thing I would modify is the name.
Disclaimer: I cannot speak for the Debian Project, since I have not
been delegated to do so; I am just a Debian contributor (a Debian
Maintainer, to be precise) who has been a regular on the debian-legal
mailing list for quite a long time.
That said, my own personal opinion is that what you would like to do
should not be a problem, from a conceptual standpoint.
The only trouble I see is that the document that includes the Debian
Social Contract and the Debian Free Software Guidelines still seems to
be under the non-free OPL license, as there is no evidence that it has
been re-licensed (yet)...
Please take a look at bug [#614497] for more detailed information about
this (long) story.
[#614497]: <https://bugs.debian.org/614497>
I admit that this looks like sad news, but... it is what it is... :-(
