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Re: LPPL and non-discrimination



On Sat, 2003-04-26 at 05:08, Jonathan Fine wrote:

> Now to the problem.  Debian guideline 5 states "The
> license must not discriminate against any person or
> group of persons."

That guideline is intended to disallow things like "If you're French,
you may not use this package." The license must be free for everyone,
not just some people.

A reading of the DFSG that disallows granting a person more freedoms
than other persons must be wrong because under copyright law, there is
always someone like that: The copyright holder.

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