Re: [dan@rebol.com: Re: unofficial REQUEST for support DEBIAN GNU/Linux]
Correction, this won't work for it to go into main. It WILL allow it to go into
non-free I believe. If the authors of REBOL will not change the license
wording, there isn't much we can do about it. It is better to get the rights to
put it in non-free than to not be able to provide it at all. While I would hope
that this license would change at some time in the future, I do not feel it is
good to alienate the authors of a program or package by pushing them to make
this sort of change against their will.
David Bristel
On Thu, 28 Oct 1999, Oliver Elphick wrote:
> Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 21:34:23 +0100
> From: Oliver Elphick <olly@lfix.co.uk>
> To: Raphael Bossek <raphael.bossek@solutions4linux.de>
> Cc: debian-devel@lists.debian.org, Dan Stevens <dan@rebol.com>
> Subject: Re: [dan@rebol.com: Re: unofficial REQUEST for support DEBIAN GNU/Linux]
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> Raphael Bossek wrote:
>
> >Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1999 10:37:48 +0100
> >To: Raphael Bossek <raphael.bossek@solutions4linux.de>
> >From: Dan Stevens <dan@rebol.com>
> >Subject: Re: unofficial REQUEST for support DEBIAN GNU/Linux
>
> >Ok, this boils down to a simple point.
> >
> >We have the word non-transferable in our license. We will not change the li
> >cense wording for the end user. But we can grant you or Debian or whome
> >ver requires it at a high level the right to redistribute REBOL. Howeve
> >r, we need your help in clarifying who that party or parties are that re
> >quire the right to redistribution.
> >
> >This can be done with a simple agreement that we exchange by fax or email, w
> >hatever works for you and any other party that requires it.
> >
> >Will this work?
>
> No it won't.
>
> DFSG does not permit licences to be specific to Debian; we must be able to pass
> on the same rights that we receive.
>
> " 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."
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