Re: CDDL, OpenSolaris, Choice-of-venue and the star package ...

[Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr>]

On Fri, Sep 09, 2005 at 03:41:58PM +0000, MJ Ray wrote:
> md@Linux.IT (Marco d'Itri) wrote:
> > I am refusing them as long as you cannot clearly show how DFSG#5 forbids
> > some restrictions present in the CDDL.
> 
> It does not work this way. If you believe that a questionable
> license is free, then it's up to you to explain why it follows
> the DFSG and convince ftpmasters to admit the packages as a
> general rule. If you can't even convince this liberal crowd, ow!

Naturally, you could try to get the package in on the sly, like apparently
happeend with star :)

Friendly,

Sven Luther