Re: Developer's Certificate of Origin

[Sam Hartman <hartmans@debian.org>]

>>>>> "Simon" == Simon Josefsson <simon@josefsson.org> writes:

    Simon> Sam Hartman <hartmans@debian.org> writes:
    >>>>>>> "Simon" == Simon Josefsson <simon@josefsson.org> writes:
    >> 
    Simon> Interesting -- am I understanding you correctly that you
    Simon> would like to treat the DCO as a license text?  And that it
    Simon> is license that applies to the work in Debian?

    Simon> As far as I understand, DCO's are about granting rights on
    Simon> contributions.  Not granting rights to users, which is what
    Simon> the DFSG is about.  So I'm not sure I follow why the DFSG is
    Simon> relevant for the DCO text at all.  The DCO appears to me like
    Simon> any other text file in a source package.

    Simon> If you believe the DCO is part of the license grant on a
    Simon> work, and there is consensus on that interpretation, should
    Simon> it then be mentioned in debian/copyright?

    Simon> /Simon

    Simon> DFSG 4 --
    Simon> https://www.debian.org/social_contract.en.html#guidelines

    Simon> Integrity of The Author's Source Code

    Simon> The license may restrict source-code from being distributed
    Simon> in modified form only if the license allows the distribution
    Simon> of "patch files" with the source code for the purpose of
    Simon> modifying the program at build time. The license must
    Simon> explicitly permit distribution of software built from
    Simon> modified source code. The license may require derived works
    Simon> to carry a different name or version number from the original
    Simon> software. (This is a compromise. The Debian group encourages
    Simon> all authors not to restrict any files, source or binary, from
    Simon> being modified.)