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Bug#541703: marked as done (Include FreeBSD license in common-licenses)

Your message dated Sat, 17 Jul 2010 19:40:11 -0700
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and subject line Re: Bug#541703: base-files: Please include FreeBSD license
has caused the Debian Bug report #541703,
regarding Include FreeBSD license in common-licenses
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Package: base-files
Version: 5.0.0ubuntu6
Severity: wishlist

Hello,

please include the FreeBSD license among the ones in /usr/share/common-licenses/
FreeBSD is not the same as BSD, only similar.  BSD has three clauses, FreeBSD
only 2.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BSD_license
http://www.freebsd.org/copyright/freebsd-license.html

Regards

Rolf

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers karmic-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'karmic-updates'), (500, 'karmic-security'), (500, 'karmic')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.31-5-generic (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages base-files depends on:
ii  base-passwd        3.5.21                Debian base system master password
ii  gawk [awk]         1:3.1.6.dfsg-0ubuntu1 GNU awk, a pattern scanning and pr
ii  libpam-modules     1.0.1-10ubuntu1       Pluggable Authentication Modules f
ii  mawk [awk]         1.3.3-14ubuntu1       a pattern scanning and text proces

base-files recommends no packages.

base-files suggests no packages.

-- no debconf information

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Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> writes:

> Since, in addition to that, there are a lot of subtle wording variations
> in BSD-style licenses and including them in common-licenses tends to
> encourage people to point to common-licenses even when the wording is
> slightly different and they legally shouldn't do so, I don't think this
> is a good candidate for common-licenses.

> I'm accordingly marking this bug as rejected, although it will stay open
> for a while in case anyone disagrees and wants to make a case for
> inclusion.

There has been no further discussion, so I'm closing this bug.

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Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org)               <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>

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