Re: KDE not in Debian?

[David Johnson <djohnson@acuson.com>]

Ben Armstrong wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 28 Jan 2000, David Johnson wrote:
> > But the BSDL permissions and warranties are different permissions and
> > warranties than the GPL ones. So there is an additional restriction to
> > distribute *additional* stuff.
> 
> Er.  I'm confused.  Is a condition in a license necessarily a restriction?
> Having to distribute additional stuff doesn't seem like a restrictive
> condition to me.

If it is an additional restriction, then it can't be allowed. It doesn't
matter how innocuous it is. Instead of distributing one set of
warranties, I now have to distribute two. Actually, conditions ARE
restrictions.

David Johnson