>>"Jakob" == Jakob Bøhm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Jakob> 2. Mechanical filtering on specific common issues including
Jakob> the meta-issue "other problems" becomes possible, e.g. when
Jakob> creating cd-roms or mirrors, or when setting up a
Jakob> fool-proofing filter on apt to protect oneself from accidentally
Jakob> installing the wrong thing.
Jakob> Some examples of issues for 2 include
Jakob> no-source (example: Netscape, opera)
Jakob> no-commercial-use (example: zyxel)
Jakob> payment-required (example: opera<5.0)
Jakob> contains-crypto (example: RSA, gnupg)
Jakob> uses-us-patent (example: IDEA, GIF)
Jakob> uses-non-us-patent (example: IDEA)
Jakob> contaminates-result-license (example: old bison)
Jakob> no-sell-copies (problem for cd-rom or pre-installed system)
Jakob> requires-other-sw (example: wrapper script which is not itself DFSG)
Jakob> requires-specific-hw (example: driver licensed only for specific hw)
Jakob> other-problems (any problems not listed, alone or in addition)
Someone got convicted in Texas for doing something vaguely
similar, on the grounds they were practicing law without a
licence. In fact, you shall be opening yourself to liability in the
US, since this is close to giving legal advice to people.
This is one of the resons we have not previously classified
the non-free packages.
manoj
ps: I am not a lawyer, and this is not legal advice. Please consult a
real lawyer licenced to practice in your jursdiction.
--
A satirist is a man who discovers unpleasant things about himself and
then says them about other people. -- Peter McArthur
Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/>
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