Re: OSD && DFSG - different purposes
Henning Makholm writes:
> This denies a user the right to make modifications and distribute the
> modified software (with source code) to his neighbour *without* also
> distributing it to the public at large.
>
> The consensus on debian-legal that this right is a sine qua non for
> DFSG-freedom is strong and well established.
Where does it say this in the DFSG?
> which I take to mean that one who accepts the license must effectively
> give Apple a royalty-free license to use each an every patent he
> controls.
Where does it say this in the DFSG?
> which mentions stopping *use*. We object to the notion that one needs
> to to comply with specific terms simply to use the software (as
> opposed to modifying or distributing it).
Where does it say this in the DFSG?
My point being that these requirements *should* be in the DFSG, not
that you shouldn't come to that conclusion.
> I seem to remember that there were also originally a
> you-must-follow-US-export-laws clause in the license originally
> certified by OSI, but that must have been removed since.
Yup, that was a major screw-up on our part. It's since been repaired
by the replacement of it by the license you see now.
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