on Wed, Oct 31, 2001 at 12:43:39AM -0500, Branden Robinson (branden@debian.org) wrote: > On Tue, Oct 30, 2001 at 10:04:46PM -0700, Colin Mattson wrote: > > I believe Shaya may be right here -- the DFSG does not make the same > > provisions as the GNU Free Software definition does. While GNU's Free > > Software definition rules that you must be able to keep modifications > > private, the Debian Free Software Guidelines have no such provision in > > their current incarnation. > > > > A cursory examination of the proposed updates to DFSG also reveals no > > such provision. > > In the event we ever get around to fixing the bug in our vote-counting > mechanism (ask the election-methods guys), and pass a GR saying that > that the DFSG wasn't written by God Himself and that it's not abject > heresy to modify it, I would be in support of such a modification. A similar suggestion was made recently on the OSI license-discuss list by Russell Nelson, of OSI. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? Home of the brave http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ Land of the free Free Dmitry! Boycott Adobe! Repeal the DMCA! http://www.freesklyarov.org Geek for Hire http://kmself.home.netcom.com/resume.html
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