Jeff Davis wrote:
As far as Debian is concerned, I don't think you give them quite enough credit. Those people just want a base of freedoms which a normal person can understand that covers all the software. It's very helpful to have an OS where you don't have to turn a development project into a legalinvestigation, tracking down hundreds of licenses.
There is truth to this, let me acknowledge it.
Now, that "base of freedoms" may not be agreeable to everyone, but we can't ignore the value of consistant licensing in an OS. And many of the problems with DFSG are mitigated by having a well-integrated non-free section (unfortunately that doesn't solve the problems for reiserfs, which needs to be in the OS install). Regards, Jeff