Re: [debian-knoppix] Distribution
On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 07:34:54PM +0100, Klaus Knopper wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 12:18:03PM -0600, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote:
> > On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 11:54:55AM -0600, Tom Goulet (UID0) wrote:
> > > On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 09:46:39AM -0600, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote:
> > > > On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 10:41:47AM -0500, Mike Hjorleifsson wrote:
> > >
> > > > > Are you allowed to burn cd's and distribute knoppix ?
> > > > Come to think about it, yes, even if you don't. It's called the GNU GPL, but
> > > > it comes with some restrictions you may want to read up on: www.fsf.org.
> > >
> > > What about the Adobe Acrobat Reader and Blackdown Java SDK packages?
> > > And a few packages that are marked as non-free in Debian. Are you sure
> > > they are legal to redistribute?
> >
> > Well, I don't include them in my Quantian derivative of Knoppix (more info at
> > http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/quantian.html).
> >
> > If in doubt, stick with Debian main. It is my understanding that Klaus
> > follows that rule at least to some extend.
>
> Kill criteria is "freely (beer) distributable for non-commercial as well
> as commercial use", even if it is only allowed in binary form, without
> further restrictions. If there is a choice between equivalent OpenSource
> and proprietary tools, I prefer OSS, of course. For some things like the
Right -- and sometimes DFSG is restrictive enough that I also make an
exception. A case in point in the Ggobi visualiser (www.ggobi.org) whose
AT&T license is not pure enough for Debian main. However, it is much more
liberal than the license for the predecessor XGobi. So Ggobi goes into
Quantian, esp. as there is nothing else with a 'freer' license. I happen to
be the Debian maintainer of Ggobi to, so I feel I know the license well
enough to keep me out of trouble as far as Quantian re-distibution is
concerned.
> Java runtime engine and Acrobat Reader 4 (sorry, xpdf is just not quite
> there yet), there is not much of a choice, unfortunately. GPL Purists
> can remove them, but their licenses still allow redistribution in binary
> form without charge, even in commercial contexts, which is good enough
> for me.
I had requests for the inclusion of both Java and Acrobat Reader into
Quantian. Just not enough space on a cdrom, so the license makes it easier
to draw the line there. Esp. as I really like to stay out of license
discussion. IANAL, after all.
Dirk
--
Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others.
-- Groucho Marx
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