On Mon, Jul 07, 2003 at 09:59:34PM -0700, Matt Kraai wrote: > The thread > > http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2002/debian-legal-200207/msg00029.html > > documents the exact rationale for these sections. The following > patch incorporates its conclusions into the packages page. > > I'd appreciate it if the readers of debian-legal would > double-check it. [...] > Index: english/distrib/packages.wml > =================================================================== > RCS file: /cvs/webwml/webwml/english/distrib/packages.wml,v > retrieving revision 1.51 > diff -3 -c -p -u -r1.51 packages.wml > --- english/distrib/packages.wml 6 Feb 2003 18:12:17 -0000 1.51 > +++ english/distrib/packages.wml 8 Jul 2003 04:52:18 -0000 > @@ -26,10 +26,17 @@ restrictive license or legal issues. The > <dd>Packages in this area do not necessarily cost money, but have some > onerous license condition restricting use or redistribution of the > software.</dd> > - <dt><em>Non-US/Main</em> and <em>Non-US/Non-Free</em></dt> > - <dd>These packages cannot be exported from the USA, they are mostly > - encryption software packages, or software that is encumbered by > - patent issues. Most of them are free, but some are non-free.</dd> > + <dt><em>Non-US/Main</em></em></dt> > + <dd>Packages in this area are free themselves but cannot be > + stored on a server in the USA because they are encumbered by > + patent issues.</dd> > + <dt><em>Non-US/Non-Free</em></dt> > + <dd>Packages in this area do not necessarily cost money, but > + have some onerous license condition restricting use or > + redistribution of the software. They cannot be exported from > + the USA because they are encryption software packages or they > + cannot be stored on a server in the USA because are encumbered > + by patent issues.</dd> > </dl></blockquote> > > <p>Note that same packages might appear in several distributions, but with Looks okay. I suggest the following further changes: s/free themselves/freely licensed by the copyright holder/ s/USA/U.S./ s/do not necessarily cost money, but// s/encryption software packages/& that are not exempted from the export control procedure that is used for packages in Main/ -- G. Branden Robinson | The basic test of freedom is Debian GNU/Linux | perhaps less in what we are free to branden@debian.org | do than in what we are free not to http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | do. -- Eric Hoffer
Attachment:
pgpwY1AcQLdCy.pgp
Description: PGP signature