On Mon, Feb 06, 2006 at 09:49:51AM -0500, Zephaniah E. Hull wrote: > Alright, I'm going to give another example here, hopefully this one will > get through to you. > > Now, remember, we have _already had_ the GR that states that as far as > the DFSG goes we don't give a damn if it's documentation or software. > > So, I write a program, nice, big, with a license that says that you can > do anything you want with it as long as you keep the copyright > statements attached and don't make any changes at all to main.c, none, > not for bug fixing, not for feature changes, none at all. > > Oh, and you are not allowed to delete it or keep it from being linked in > either. > > Would you consider this license free? If so, you're an idiot because > it's not even close. > > And we have ALREADY decided that we don't give a damn if it's software > or documentation, the fact that it's a 'secondary' section makes not one > damn bit of difference, it's still non-free.
Just for the sake of the argument, let's say "plugin-example.c" rather than "main.c". What would happen to such a file? In Debian, it would be removed. If the license permits it. If the license did not permit it, the whole program would be removed. -- Fun will now commence -- Seven Of Nine, "Ashes to Ashes", stardate 53679.4 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
