Re: DRAFT: debian-legal summary of the QPL
Matthew Garrett <mgarrett@chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote:
> Walter Landry <wlandry@ucsd.edu> wrote:
> >Matthew Garrett <mgarrett@chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote:
> >> If there were, would we consider the GPL non-free?
> >
> >It certainly wouldn't be free in that jurisdiction. Whether Debian
> >decides to care about such jurisdicitions is, to some degree, a policy
> >decision. The thing about privacy is that it affects people in
> >_every_ jurisdiction, so checking a license for whether it violates
> >your privacy helps everyone.
>
> But the dissident test would only be an issue in jurisdictions with
> hostile governments.
Which happens to be all jurisdictions. Some of them don't shoot you,
just fine you or put you in jail (e.g. DMCA). But every jurisdiction
has bad laws.
> Which suggests (again) that the dissident test doesn't actually
> represent the statement you're trying to make.
Come again?
Regards,
Walter Landry
wlandry@ucsd.edu
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