Re: why is graphviz package non-free?
Matthew Garrett <mgarrett@chiark.greenend.org.uk> writes:
>>> Why not? Which freedoms does it impact upon?
>>
>> The freedom to make and distribute modifications without paying the
>> author. Becoming part of a commons is not a payment.
>
> By that definition, all licenses that imposes any restrictions on the
> license of your modifications requires a payment.
All of the licenses in Debian that impose a restriction on the license
of modifications either:
* only impose entry into a commons.
OR
* are the QPL.
I think any license that imposes restrictions on the license of
distributed modifications -- other than entry into a commons, that is,
the same terms under which you received the work -- is non-Free.
-Brian
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Brian Sniffen bts@alum.mit.edu
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