Re: Are DFSG free package in non-us part of Debian?
aqy6633@acf5.nyu.edu (Alex Yukhimets) wrote on 15.11.98 in <[🔎] E0zfAFL-0003dC-00@jessica>:
> > >Unfortunately, when coupled with particular software, additional legal
> > >terms apply to it, imposing restrictions on distribution in addition to
> > >the restrictions imposed by its original license which makes the
> > >software NOT DFSG-compliant.
> > Alex, none of those restrictions apply to me and to developers living in
> > most other countries. Why should I care about US regulations?
>
> Because if for some reason you would decide to visit NY and bring your
> laptop with you, you would have to erase the software in question before
> returning back home. Is the software that requires you to go through such a
> hassle *free*?
Which software would that be?
It's *not* the software that requires this. It's the US government.
And yes, I do believe that the US is not a very free country right now.
But then, my ideas about freedom may or may not match those of the typical
US citizen.
> IMHO the situation here is exactly KDE - like.
IMNSHO it is about as unlike as possible.
> Free license, but imposed
> restrictions of some other legal document (Qt license) made it even
> non-distributable for Debian.
And thus it is purely a license problem, whereas the GPG problem has no
relation at all to licenses.
Hey, I'm not rich enough to buy M$ Office right now. So obviously, the
situation is exactly KDE-like, is it not?
MfG Kai
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