Re: CDDL, OpenSolaris, Choice-of-venue and the star package ...

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Subject: Re: CDDL, OpenSolaris, Choice-of-venue and the star package ...
From: Matthew Garrett <mgarrett@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 00:25:38 +0100
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Francesco Poli <frx@winstonsmith.info> wrote:
> Sorry, but it doesn't work that way, AFAICT.
> 
> The DFSG are guidelines to determine whether a *right-holder* gives
> enough permissions to *licensees*, not whether *Debian* gives enough
> permissions to *right-holders*.

That doesn't appear to be part of the social contract.
-- 
Matthew Garrett | mjg59-chiark.mail.debian.legal@srcf.ucam.org

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