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Re: could you safely rewrite the DFSG requirement?



Scripsit Stefano Zacchiroli <zack@debian.org>

> So I can't rewrite the point in such a way it impose that commercial
> distributions are themselves "free", in the sense of "free software",
> right again?

Correct.

> Please, tell me why we (as debian) have to care about "aggregation".

Because we want to make sure that users of Debian have the freedom to
reproduce copies of the software, at least if they jumpo through the
easy hoop of aggregating it with something.

> Why we can't leave it as it is and leave O'Reilly care about this if

Because we're concerned with the user's right.

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