Re: mozilla thunderbird trademark restrictions / still dfsg free?
On Wed, Jan 05, 2005 at 12:06:12AM +0000, Matthew Garrett wrote:
> Francesco Poli <frx@firenze.linux.it> wrote:
>
> > Exactly.
> > DFSG #8 seems quite clear to me: we do *not* consider Free
> > something that gives all the other important freedoms to Debian only,
> > and not to downstream recipients as well.
>
> There's some contention over this. Based on the discussion on
> debian-private that led to the DFSG, I think 8 was effectively shorthand
> for ensuring that every freedom enumerated in the DFSG was available to
> any further recipients. Others disagree. I asked Bruce about this, but
> never got a reply.
Just to be clear: except for the "clear" part, you're agreeing with Francesco,
right?
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Glenn Maynard
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