All in all I think I much prefer this approach over rewriting the DFSG..
For all the little flaws, the current DFSG is known, tested, and
accepted.
Minor changes to correct flaws and patch holes are fine, but a complete
rewrite of a accepted standard? Is this /REALLY/ what we want to do?
Zephaniah E, Hull.
On Fri, Nov 27, 1998 at 10:53:09PM +0000, Oliver Elphick wrote:
> Ian Jackson wrote:
>
> [... a legalistic version of new guidelines ...]
>
> I don't agree with Ian's new restrictions on the DFSG and I don't
> like turning it into a legal document.
>
> I would like to propose instead the following text, which is the
> existing DFSG, verbatim, with a short new preamble and some
> exceptions at the end.
>
>
> ==========================================================================
>
> Debian Free Software Guidelines
> ===============================
>
> These are the guidelines which packages must satisfy in order to
> be included in Debian's main distribution. This is not a legal
> text; packages must comply with the spirit of these guidelines,
> not just the letter.
>
> 1. Free Redistribution
>
> The license of a Debian component may not restrict any party from
> selling or giving away the software as a component of an aggregate
> software distribution containing programs from several different
> sources. The license may not require a royalty or other fee for such
> sale.
>
> 2. Source Code
>
> The program must include source code, and must allow distribution in
> source code as well as compiled form.
>
> 3. Derived Works
>
> The license must allow modifications and derived works, and must allow
> them to be distributed under the same terms as the license of the
> original software.
>
> 4. Integrity of The Author's Source Code
>
> The license may restrict source-code from being distributed in modified
> form _only if the license allows the distribution of "patch files" with
> the source code for the purpose of modifying the program at build time.
> The license must explicitly permit distribution of software built from
> modified source code. The license may require derived works to carry a
> different name or version number from the original software. (This is a
> compromise. The Debian group encourages all authors to not restrict any
> files, source or binary, from being modified.)
>
> 5. No Discrimination Against Persons or Groups
>
> The license must not discriminate against any person or group of
> persons.
>
> 6. No Discrimination Against Fields of Endeavor
>
> The license must not restrict anyone from making use of the program in
> a specific field of endeavor. For example, it may not restrict the
> program from being used in a business, or from being used for genetic
> research.
>
> 7. Distribution of License
>
> The rights attached to the program must apply to all to whom the
> program is redistributed without the need for execution of an
> additional license by those parties.
>
> 8. License Must Not Be Specific to Debian
>
> The rights attached to the program must not depend on the program's
> being part of a Debian system. If the program is extracted from Debian
> and used or distributed without Debian but otherwise within the terms
> of the program's license, all parties to whom the program is
> redistributed should have the same rights as those that are granted in
> conjunction with the Debian system.
>
> 9. License Must Not Contaminate Other Software
>
> The license must not place restrictions on other software that is
> distributed along with the licensed software. For example, the license
> must not insist that all other programs distributed on the same medium
> must be free software.
>
> 10. Example Licenses
>
> The "GPL", "BSD", and "Artistic" licenses are examples of licenses that
> we consider "free".
>
>
> Special considerations
> ======================
> Documentation
>
> Documentation must be modifiable in the same way as software.
>
> The licence of a Standard may prohibit alteration of the text. However,
> it must allow the text to be copied and altered so long as the result
> does not pretend to be the Standard it was copied from.
>
> The licence of works of information or reference must allow them to
> be altered.
>
>
> Other works
>
> Literary works or artistic images may be licensed under terms that
> prohibit their being altered, so long as they may be freely
> distributed.
>
>
> National restrictions and patents
>
> The existence in certain countries of legislation or patents that
> restrict rights to use or distribute a package do not mean that
> that package is not regarded as free, even if those restrictions
> mean that it is not practicable to include the package in the main
> Debian archive.
>
> ==========================================================================
>
>
>
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