On Tue, Aug 22, 2006 at 03:18:04PM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: > > THE DEBIAN PROJECT therefore, > > 1. reaffirms its dedication to providing a 100% free system to our > users according to our Social Contract and the DFSG; and > > 2. encourages authors of all works to make those works available not > only under licenses that permit modification, but also in forms that make > such modifications practical; and > > 3. supports the decision of the Release Team to require works such as > images, video, and fonts to be licensed in compliance with the DFSG without > requiring source code for these works under DFSG #2; and > > 4. determines that for the purposes of DFSG #2, device firmware > shall also not be considered a program.
I'm a little confused as to what this means exactly. Point 2 seems to say that we consider "source" to be such a form of the work that modifications are practical, but without actually saying anything. However, I think such a definition of source would be a good thing. But this point really doesn't say much about Debian, it just says we encourage others to do something. So I don't see why this belongs in the GR in the first place. Point 3 then seems to go the other way around and say we don't need sources for of few types of works. My main problem with this is that still a little vague about which types of works don't require source. I guess point 4 is saying the firmware should be considered the same as the other works in point 3 and the source isn't needed for firmware. However, it doesn't say anything about other points of the DFSG. So we should still need a license that allows atleast derived works. And I don't see how we're going to make derived works of firmware without the source for it. Kurt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
