Re: Choice of venue, was: GUADEC report

[Matthew Garrett <mgarrett@chiark.greenend.org.uk>]

MJ Ray wrote:

>"DFSG require that software be freely redistributable, which certainly 
>isn't the case if the license has been terminated arbitrarily." -- 
>Bruce Perens, "Is Your Software In Danger of Termination?" at 
>http://perens.com/Articles/Termination.html

Surely GPL 7 causes the same problem (admittedly under a different set
of circumstances)?

>It's also a practical difficulty, as we hope to be able to archive 
>debian releases in their released state: 
>http://archive.debian.org/debian-archive/

Which is also a problem if a patent becomes actively enforced having
been previously docile.

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Matthew Garrett | mjg59-chiark.mail.debian.legal@srcf.ucam.org