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Re: DFSG#10 and the Open Source Initiative



> On Tue, May 25, 2004 at 03:26:19PM -0400, Raul Miller wrote:
> > The problem, here, is that "GPL" really represents a class of licenses.
> > That class includes a [currently empty] set of licenses which prevent
> > distribution in certain countries.  That set is non-free, but that
> > doesn't make the GPL not be an example of a free license.

On Tue, May 25, 2004 at 03:46:04PM -0400, Glenn Maynard wrote:
> So you're changing your claim to "DFSG#10 requires that the DFSG be
> interpreted such that some applications--but not all--of the GPL are
> free".

DFSG#10 does not contain the word "all", nor any of its synonyms.

-- 
Raul



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