Re: FWD: Bug#121916: analog should be in non-free
- To: "Thomas Bushnell, BSG" <tb@becket.net>
- Cc: Sam Hartman <hartmans@debian.org>, debian-legal@lists.debian.org, "Dwayne C. Litzenberger" <dlitz@dlitz.net>, "Stephen R. E. Turner" <analog-author@lists.isite.net>, 121916-forwarded@bugs.debian.org
- Subject: Re: FWD: Bug#121916: analog should be in non-free
- From: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
- Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2001 23:24:41 -0500
- Message-id: <[🔎] 20011202042441.GA25368@deadbeast.net>
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On Sat, Dec 01, 2001 at 06:59:48PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote:
> What it certainly means, at least, is that you can't charge more than
> is "reasonable"--which is a limitation.
Historically, the Perl guys have finessed this point by defining
"reasonable" as "whatever the market will bear".
In the United Corporate-Welfare States of America at least, that is an
effective limit of infinity.
> That's enogh for it to be a problem...
Conceptually, I agree. In practice, no one ever seems to attempt to
enforce this provision. It's but one of many dusty corners in licensing
that needs to be cleaned up.
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