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Re: generated source files, GPL and DFSG



On Thu, Jul 28, 2005 at 11:47:58PM +0200, Francesco Poli wrote:
> On Thu, 28 Jul 2005 15:00:29 +0100 Steve McIntyre wrote:
> 
> > Florian Weimer wrote:
> [...]
> > >The GR did not change the wording of the DFSG at all.  However, it's
> > >clear that a significant shift took place in SC interpretation, from
> > >a foggy definition of "program" to a more dogmatic "everything we
> > >ship is software" approach.  Our interpretation of the DFSG must
> > >reflect this change.  The only way to do this is to interpret
> > >"progarm" in the broadest possible sense.
> > 
> > Please, no. We've already had long, tedious discussions about what
> > "software" means. Don't go trying to change the meaning of "program"
> > too. If you think that the places where we currently talk about
> > "program" are unclear and should say "software", then propose a GR to
> > get them changed. We ship lots of things that are NOT programs...
> 
> Yes, I think it's time to propose a GR to do a  s/program/work/  in the DFSG.
> Since IANADD, I cannot propose GRs, but I hope that some DDs will help.

It's not quite that simple; you can't just change that bit alone. I'm
working on something here. More on this later.

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