Re: APSL 2.0

[MJ Ray <markj@cloaked.freeserve.co.uk>]

Adam Warner <lists@consulting.net.nz> wrote:
> I am not prepared to answer these questions at this time. If I had to
> make a snap decision it would be for the status quo that licensing
> obligations apply upon source code distribution.

I'm puzzled by this phrasing.  Don't you mean binary (or any)
distribution?  At that point, many licences put obligations upon you.

> The issue at hand is the superset that the Free Software Foundation has
> now declared to be a Free Software licence:

Can you demonstrate where this contradicts their Free Software Definition?
This does not appear to be news, so I am surprised that you feel a need
to highlight it on this list.

> This appears to be a very broad ("in any way") test for a requirement to
> provide source code when electronically communicating with a client ("in
> any way to provide a service, including but not limited to delivery of
> content").

I agree that the wording of this part seems a little broad.  It is more
a question of whether we can take it at face value.  The Google problem
is well-known, I thought?  There are all these millions of users who are
not able to adapt the software they use...

[...]
> believe there is stigma attached to packaging software classified as
> non-free and in many cases it is just as accessible to Debian users.]

I disagree with you.  I think packaging for non-free does little to help
us achieve our aims.  I would love to see non-free go away, but that's
a different discussion.

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