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Re: New DFSG Draft revision #3



On 15-Jan-99 john@dhh.gt.org wrote:
> Raphael Hertzog wrote:
>> I think this make the Artistic license non-DFSG-free :
> 
>> 5. You may charge a reasonable copying fee for any distribution of this
>> Package.  You may charge any fee you choose for support of this
>> Package.  You may not charge a fee for this Package itself.
>>           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> 
> This effectively nullifies that:

Are you saying that, under the offered Draft, that the artistic license would
still be qualify as DFSG?  Under the offered Draft, the section in question
states:

|  Anyone must be able to give away or sell copies of the executables and  
|  sources without paying a fee or royalty. However, nobody can be 
|  required to distribute the software.

and the artistic license does say: "you may not charge a fee".  It seems to me
that these two are in conflict with each other... even if there is "loop-hole"
that lets a person get around it.

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