Re: OSD && DFSG - different purposes
- To: Russell Nelson <nelson@crynwr.com>
- Cc: debian-legal@lists.debian.org
- Subject: Re: OSD && DFSG - different purposes
- From: tb@becket.net (Thomas Bushnell, BSG)
- Date: 01 Mar 2003 21:43:58 -0800
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Russell Nelson <nelson@crynwr.com> writes:
> 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?
Number 3 requires this.
> > 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?
Numbers 1 and 3 requires this.
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