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Re: Change in ispell's copyright -> nonfree?



> On Tue, Dec 11, 2001 at 10:54:18AM -0500, Peter S Galbraith wrote:
> > But I think including the URL in the package description would satisfy
> > the license.
> 
> Are we to permit licensors to dictate to us the precise contents of our
> package descriptions?  Should this be regarded as compatible with the
> DFSG?
> 
> -- 
> G. Branden Robinson

Those are different questions.  I already said I didn't know whether
this condition made it non-free or not.  But in my opinion, distribution
of that package (and sources) such as we do from http://packages.debian.org 
does not qualify us for the exemption from that clause.

Peter



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