Bug#51842: marked as done ([OLD PROPOSAL] close advertising hole in the DFSG)
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From: Tomasz Wegrzanowski <maniek@beer.com>
To: bugs@bugs.debian.org
Subject: [PROPOSED] closing hole in DFSG that can force you to include some text in advertisement
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beacause any otherwise DFSG-compatible package can possibly
force you to include something like :
`This software contains code made by Fooniversity of Somewhere'
in advertisement of your distro ( even of official Debian ) :
--- policy.sgml.old Fri Nov 5 00:46:28 1999
+++ policy.sgml Thu Dec 2 21:41:55 1999
@@ -228,6 +228,17 @@
other fee for such sale.
</p>
</item>
+ <tag>Free Advertising
+ </tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ The license of a Debian component may restrict
+ referencing to author in it's advertisement
+ but can not force inclusion of any text nor any
+ other element in advertisement of neither program
+ nor distribution containing this program.
+ </p>
+ </item>
<tag>Source Code
</tag>
<item>
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Subject: Re: Bug #51842: close advertising hole in the DFSG
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This note is being sent as part of a project to clean out old (> 1yr)
debian-policy proposals. If you disagree with action below please
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be carried out publically in debian-policy. Feel free to re-open the
bug while it's being discussed -- I'm not trying to force any
particular disposition, just taking my best shot at resolving dead
issues.
Bug #51842: close advertising hole in the DFSG
Summary: Are DFSG free licenses allowed to restrict or require
advertising content when distributed? (e.g. old style BSD)
Discussion: This is clearly not a debian-policy issue, but something
that requires modifying/clarifying the DFSG.
Action: close
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