On Wed, 2004-02-25 at 22:11, MJ Ray wrote: > > However, if any software had that as a condition of distribution, that > > software could only be distributed in non-free. > > As you have pointed out before, the project and the distribution are > different. I think the project is already not "DFSG-like free": it > discriminates against certain fields of endeavour in some ways. It > would be difficult to do otherwise. Your claim seems very obvious. I > don't think the DFSG are supposed to apply to the project, only the > distribution, but ICBW.
This has come up a few times in this discussion and earlier, and you've put it very succinctly - the project is not DFSG free. Should if it should be? If so why - what [dis]advantages (practical, and strategic) are there, and what consequences can we imagine? It kind of feels intuitively attractive to me, to have an entirely DFSG-free project producing DFSG-free deliverables. (Note CCed to -devel where this new discussion is likely more appropriate - I'm guessing ??) zen
