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Re: Distribution (without usage) of "shall be used for Good, not Evil"-licensed software



On Tue, 8 Jun 2010 15:43:14 +0800, Paul Wise wrote:

> On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 3:30 PM, David Paleino <dapal@debian.org> wrote:
> 
> > the "openlayers" package, which I'm reviewing for sponsorship (mentoree
> > CCed), has a couple of files with the following license:
> ...
> > While I agree this license fails to meet DFSG #6 ("No Discrimination Against
> > Fields of Endeavor"), I fail to see a reason why I/my mentoree should
> > repackage the original tarball to remove them.
> 
> You might want to read the thread started by this mail:
> 
> http://lists.debian.org/20100124144741.GD13468@kunpuu.plessy.org

I'll do, thanks.

> [..]
> BTW, I presume you are talking about jsmin, in that case just remove
> them and use yui-compressor.

Yes, I am.
However, I sent my mail to clarify a doubt, and possibly avoid the overhead
of repacking the tarball -- not because of the lack of alternatives ;)

Kindly,
David

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