Re: Non-free, Contrib and CDs (Was Re: GNU Win32? Not anymore.)
On Wed, 16 Jul 1997, Bruce Perens wrote:
> From: Bill Mitchell <mitchell@mozcom.com>
> > Name CD? Criteria
> > ---- --- --------
> > Main Yes Mainline Debian distribution
> > Social Contract compatible
> > No-Export No US Export Restricted
> > No-Profit No Cannot be sold for profit
> > No-Sell No Cannot be sold, even for cost
> > Use-Restricted Yes Usage is restricted
> > but can be sold for profit
> > Installers Yes Installers
> > Depends-Problem Yes? Depends on package in No-* areas
>
> The problem is that this puts us in the position of interpreting licenses
> for the CD-ROM manufacturers. I would much prefer they read the licenses in
> non-free and decide what they can include, rather than us doing it for them.
> There's an element of legal risk involved.
>
Yes and No. In many cases we can ask the authors what set of labels they
prefer, and use those.
Shaya
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