Re: Debian's Linux kernel continues to regress on freedom
On Thu, Sep 13, 2007 at 11:28:25AM -0300, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
> On Wed, 12 Sep 2007, John Kelly wrote:
> > On Wed, 12 Sep 2007 08:41:29 +0000 (UTC), Sune Vuorela
> > <nospam@vuorela.dk> wrote:
> > >On 2007-09-12, John Kelly <jak@isp2dial.com> wrote:
> > >> "Distribution of this memo is unlimited."
> > >>
> > >> With RFCs available to anyone with a web browser, it's absurd to say
> > >> they're non-free, and a waste of time removing them from Debian.
> > >
> > >eh? whattabout modification? and distribution of modified versions?
> >
> > This is where it gets absurd.
> >
> > They're RFCs. They're not code.
> >
> > If you want to "modify" an RFC, you have to write your own and submit
> > it, see?
>
> Which we have always allowed in software, even. It falls under the "publish
> it with another name".
>
the requirement to publish in a specific manner is an additional
restriction. Granted there are software licenses like that, but are
they DFSG free ?
Regards,
Paddy
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