what about splitting the fonts into a seperate package which goes into non-free. On Thu, May 31, 2001 at 10:10:50AM +0100, Stephen Stafford wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Thursday 31 May 2001 1:49 am, Wolfgang Sourdeau wrote: > > > addendum: > > > I am planning to put it in non-us/non-free because of clause 6 of > > > the license folowing some discussion on OPN. > > > > I think that the "Apple License" is not free anyway. Eric Raymond is > > pleased to welcome Apple in the Open Source community, but Richard > > Stallman is not accepting that license for the Free Software > > community. > > I will make the license available at: > http://people.debian.org/~bagpuss/copyright > > I accept that the licernse is non-free. But I can't see why it is > non-free enough to prevent it being in section non-us/non-free. Any > input on this is happily looked at. > > > > > And btw, if all those companies really wanted to be part of the free > > software movement, they would use a license such as the GPL or the > > X11 license. > > I make no value judgements on companies wanting to join the free > software movement and whther the licenses they come up with to > facilitate this are good or bad. *This* license does not meet the > DFSG, therefore *this* package must go in non-free due (at the very > least) to the resrictions of use of the fonts. I also believe that it > is non-us because of clause 6 of the license. I am not as fanatical as > RMS for example about the ideals of free software, I think he takes it > to excessive extremes sometimes. > > Is the upshot of your mail saying that it should be in non-free? (which > I had already accepted and pointed out) Or is it saying that it is not > packageable? (which I can't see any reason for I have to admit) > > a little confused and just looking for clarification > - -- > Stephen Stafford > GPG public key on request > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org > > iD8DBQE7FgqgFwmY7Xa4pD0RAgE3AKCG8MoP8R/juPYheUCA+hRW10E77wCff9ey > fnk6P0TsEe14MlqpkqZvBlE= > =gWpK > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-request@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org > -- Jason Thomas Phone: +61 2 6257 7111 System Administrator - UID 0 Fax: +61 2 6257 7311 tSA Consulting Group Pty. Ltd. Mobile: 0418 29 66 81 1 Hall Street Lyneham ACT 2602 http://www.topic.com.au/
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