Re: DRAFT: debian-legal summary of the QPL
On Sun, Jul 18, 2004 at 01:35:44PM +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote:
> And this is exactly the kind of thing that needs clearing up, and you
> know it. There is still significant debate about whether or not DFSG#1
> actually means that.
>
> If we're actually going to do anything constructive about the license
> discussions here, then why not agree them and codify them _clearly_ in
> the DFSG? That way DDs looking for license guidance might actually be
> able to refer to the DFSG *alone* without having to spend ages waiting
> for a -legal debate to happen.
I don't think adding lots of new guidelines to the DFSG, codifying the
entire body of d-legal case law, and forcing d-legal to put every discussion
to a GR, is a workable solution; and that's what I see following from this.
--
Glenn Maynard
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