* Matthew Garrett (mgarrett@chiark.greenend.org.uk) wrote: > Julien BLACHE <jblache@debian.org> wrote: > > Matthew Garrett <mgarrett@chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote: > >> What is DFSG 4 if not a grudging acceptance of this sort of behaviour as > >> free? > > > > (This is a compromise. The Debian Project encourages all authors to > > not restrict any files, source or binary, from being modified.) > > > > Says it all. > > Right. We don't like it, but we think it's free. > > > Requiring a name change because we apply a security patch or fix a bug > > crosses the border. It's not like if we were forking their codebase. > > We have permission to apply security patches and fix bugs without > changing the name. We (as in Debian) may have the permission, but that permission does not flow downstream. -- Eric Dorland <eric.dorland@mail.mcgill.ca> ICQ: #61138586, Jabber: hooty@jabber.com 1024D/16D970C6 097C 4861 9934 27A0 8E1C 2B0A 61E9 8ECF 16D9 70C6 -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.12 GCS d- s++: a-- C+++ UL+++ P++ L++ E++ W++ N+ o K- w+ O? M++ V-- PS+ PE Y+ PGP++ t++ 5++ X+ R tv++ b+++ DI+ D+ G e h! r- y+ ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------
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