On Wed, 12 Sep 2012 13:59:13 +0100 Sian Mountbatten wrote: > Dear List > > Please find attached a copy of the copyright in all the source files of > the algol68toc compiler. Dear Sian, thanks for contacting debian-legal and for trying to check the DFSG-freeness of the package under consideration. > You will note that the licence accords with the DFSG. I am of the > opinion that the compiler > package could go into the main Debian distribution. Personally, I am not convinced. Please see below. [...] > (c) any recipient of such reproduction or amended version accept the > conditions set out in this legend. [...] Does this mean that anyone who wishes to redistribute verbatim or modified copies of the Program has to *force* recipients to accept the license (or anyway to *make sure* that recipients have accepted the license)? If this is the case, then I think that this restriction fails to meet DFSG#1 and is also practically unsatisfiable with the current Debian package distribution infrastructure (if I type "aptitude install name-of-package", I become a recipient as soon as the package is downloaded, before I have the opportunity of being asked whether I accept the license). This is, at least, my own personal opinion. I hope it helps. Bye. -- http://www.inventati.org/frx/frx-gpg-key-transition-2010.txt New GnuPG key, see the transition document! ..................................................... Francesco Poli . GnuPG key fpr == CA01 1147 9CD2 EFDF FB82 3925 3E1C 27E1 1F69 BFFE
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