Re: GR proposal: the AGPL does not meet the DFSG (take 2)

2009-11-11 Thread Russell Coker
On Thu, 12 Nov 2009, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > First, network protocols that "do not allow to display" anything are > abundant, since no network protocol "displays" anything -- clients that > use the protocol do. This is true for HTTP, FTP, SMTP, and whatnot. If you connect to my SMTP server you w

Re: GR proposal: the AGPL does not meet the DFSG (take 2)

2009-11-11 Thread Martin Langhoff
On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 11:11 PM, Wouter Verhelst wrote: >>    -- The code is modified to interact with the user using a network protocol >>       that does not allow to display a prominent offer. > > This is actually your best argument so far, but I don't think it's > completely true either. Yes

Re: GR proposal: the AGPL does not meet the DFSG (take 2)

2009-11-11 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 08:52:23PM +0100, Bill Allombert wrote: > Dear developers, > > I respectfully submit this general resolution proposal to your consideration. > (this GR proposal supersedes the proposal in > <20090318235044.ga30...@yellowpig>) > > Asking for seconds, > (please CC me) > Bil

Re: GR proposal: the AGPL does not meet the DFSG (take 2)

2009-11-11 Thread Luk Claes
Bill Allombert wrote: > 13. Remote Network Interaction; Use with the GNU General Public License. > > Notwithstanding any other provision of this License, if you modify the > Program, your modified version must prominently offer all users interacting > with it remotely through a computer

GR proposal: the AGPL does not meet the DFSG (take 2)

2009-11-11 Thread Bill Allombert
Dear developers, I respectfully submit this general resolution proposal to your consideration. (this GR proposal supersedes the proposal in <20090318235044.ga30...@yellowpig>) Asking for seconds, (please CC me) Bill. This General Resolution is made in accordance with Debian Constitution 4.1.5,