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Acceptability of a documentation license for Debian



Greetings,

I'm contacting the list to inquire regarding the acceptability
of the following proposed documentation license, as I'd like to
ensure that it will become be an impediment to having
documentation licensed under it added to Debian in the future.

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THE DPS8M DOCUMENTATION LICENSE

Version 0.9, 29 August 2021

Copyright © 2019‑2021 The DPS8M Development Team

All Rights Reserved.

This documentation was produced by The DPS8M Development Team and other
contributors.  Any views or conclusions contained in this documentation
are those of the authors, and must not be interpreted as representing
official policies, either express or implied, of The DPS8M Development
Team.

Redistribution and use in ‘source’ (including, but not limited to, TeX,
LaTeX, SGML DocBook, reStructuredText, Markdown, RUNOFF, Lout, etc.)
and ‘compiled’ forms (including, but not limited to, transformations to
other DTDs, conversions to SGML, XHTML, PDF, DjVu, XPS, PostScript, RTF,
or other formats, etc.), in whole or in part, for any purpose, including
commercial applications, with or without modification, in any medium, is
hereby permitted, without fee or royalty, provided that the following
conditions are met:

  1. Redistributions of ‘source’ forms must retain, unaltered, the above
     text, copyright notice, any other notices of legal privilege, this
     list of conditions, and the following disclaimer.

  2. Redistributions of ‘compiled’ forms must reproduce, verbatim, the
     above text, copyright notice, any other notices of legal privilege,
     this list of conditions, and the following disclaimer prominently in
     the documentation and/or other human‑readable materials provided
     with the distribution.

  3. The origin of this documentation, including the names of the
     distributors, assemblers, authors, contributors, and holders of
     copyright or other legal privilege must not be misrepresented.

  4. Except as contained in this notice, the names of the distributors,
     assemblers, authors, contributors, and holders of copyright or other
     legal privilege must not be used in advertising or publicity.

  5. Any deviation from these conditions requires explicit prior written
     permission from the distributors, assemblers, authors, contributors,
     and holders of copyright or other legal privilege.

THIS DOCUMENTATION IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES
OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, CORRECTNESS, AND
NON‑INFRINGEMENT OF COPYRIGHT, PATENT, TRADEMARK, OR OTHER RIGHT.  THE
DISTRIBUTORS, ASSEMBLERS, AUTHORS, CONTRIBUTORS, AND HOLDERS OF COPYRIGHT
OR OTHER LEGAL PRIVILEGE MAKE NO CLAIMS, PROMISES, OR GUARANTEES
REGARDING THE ACCURACY, CURRENCY, COMPLETENESS, AUTHENTICITY, RELIABILITY,
USEFULNESS, OR ADEQUACY OF ANY INFORMATION, AND HAVE NO OBLIGATION TO
PROVIDE MAINTENANCE, SUPPORT, UPDATES, ENHANCEMENTS, MODIFICATIONS, OR
CORRECTIONS TO, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM LIABILITY FOR ANY ERRORS AND
OMISSIONS WITHIN THIS DOCUMENTATION.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE DISTRIBUTORS,
ASSEMBLERS, AUTHORS, CONTRIBUTORS, AND HOLDERS OF COPYRIGHT OR OTHER
LEGAL PRIVILEGE BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, OR DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
SPECIAL, GENERAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED, AND ON ANY
THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
(INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE), ARISING FROM, OUT OF, OR IN
CONNECTION WITH ANY USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS DOCUMENTATION, EVEN IF
ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

All company names, product names, service names, brand names, service
marks, and registered trademarks mentioned herein are for information
and identification purposes only and are the property of their respective
owners; the use of these names, brands, and marks does not imply
affiliation, endorsement, or sponsorship.

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Thank you,

-- 
Jeffrey H. Johnson
trnsz@pobox.com

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