[Date Prev][Date Next] [Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

Re: three send back changes clauses



Walter Landry <landry@physics.utah.edu> writes:

> It seems like you're interpreting the weasel words to make the whole
> clause have no practical effect.  I don't think that we can really do
> that.  You're saying that if my boss tells me not to contribute back
> changes, that is enough to foil "best effort".  What if it is my wife?
> What about the voices I hear in my head?  I still think that the
> package can't go in main.

I think (IIRC) that we've distributed older MIT Scheme releases, which
have just those terms.

It's fine to put arbitrary "please" requests into the license; if the
request cannot be enforced, then it doesn't violate the DFSG.



Reply to: