On Tue, Aug 26, 2003 at 11:26:57AM +0200, Sergey Spiridonov wrote: > What about DFSG FAQ draft? Do you think this can be applied to FDL > documentation? > > # Q: Does whether some software is free depend solely on its license? > > A: Almost always, but there are rare exceptions. When necessary we take > other considerations into account. So two packages with the same license > could be judged differently based on extra-license comments the > copyright holder has made regarding intent or interpretation, or based > on how the contents of the package interact with license stipulations. I suggest: s/Almost always/Usually/ s/rare // Perhaps my perception of the frequency of exceptional cases is distorted by the fact that I subscribe to debian-legal, though. :) -- G. Branden Robinson | You could wire up a dead rat to a Debian GNU/Linux | DIMM socket and the PC BIOS memory branden@debian.org | test would pass it just fine. http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | -- Ethan Benson
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