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Re: Question about DFSG and a THC project



On Thu, Apr 22, 2004 at 06:51:40AM -0400, Brian Thomas Sniffen wrote:
> Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> writes:
> 
> > On Tue, Apr 20, 2004 at 05:55:30PM -0400, Brian Thomas Sniffen wrote:
> >> Jake Appelbaum <jacob@appelbaum.net> writes:
> >> 
> >> >                         LICENCE FOR HYDRA (all version)
> >> >                      by van Hauser <vh@thc.org>
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > 1. This software comes with no warrenty or promised features. If it
> >> > works for you - fine. It just comes "AS-IS", which means as a bunch of
> >> > bits and bytes.
> >> 
> >> This may ban distribution in, for example, analog media.
> >
> > That's not what "AS IS" means.
> 
> No, but the statement that "as is" must mean "a bunch of bits and
> bytes" means you can't fulfill that condition while distributing in
> analog media, or reading the source to someone.

I don't think he means that, but the fact that we don't agree -- at the
very least -- suggests that this clause could use some disambiguation
from the author.

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Debian GNU/Linux                   |     if you fail, no one is laughing at
branden@debian.org                 |     you.
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