On Sun, May 04, 2003 at 10:22:21PM +0800, Isaac To wrote: > But I think a software package can be termed as non-free in Debian only if > it violate some particular clause of DFSG. Not true. Things are termed non-free by Debian when they aren't Free Software. Debian's mission is to provide a distribution that is 100% Free Software. "We promise to keep the Debian GNU/Linux Distribution entirely free software." [1] The DFSG is a tool to help us determine what is Free Software and what is not. A thing can be non-free without violating any particular clause of the DFSG. That is why we have the Debian Free Software *Guidelines*, and not a Debian Free Software *Definition*. > What I want to know is which clause of the mrouted license violate > DFSG, and which particular clause of DFSG. It may be that it does not violate any particular clause of the DFSG. That is not, however, dispositive. [1] http://www.debian.org/social_contract -- G. Branden Robinson | The first thing the communists do Debian GNU/Linux | when they take over a country is to branden@debian.org | outlaw cockfighting. http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | -- Oklahoma State Senator John Monks
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