On Thu, Oct 09, 2003 at 04:58:22PM +0000, Dylan Thurston wrote: > On 2003-10-09, Anthony Towns <aj@azure.humbug.org.au> wrote: > >> > non-free on such machines? Unpackaged stuff? Stuff packaged locally? LSB > >> > stuff? Proprietary stuff like win4lin or CrossoverOffice? > >> non-free/proprietary stuff, better not. =20 > > Even stuff packaged in non-free? How about stuff they maintain in > > non-free? > non-free is not part of Debian. Mmm, slogans. Given that... > >> Unpackaged/LSB, I think so, yeah. > > How about unpackaged stuff that they think's free, but debian-legal > > doesn't? > It would be unusual if debian-legal had actually taken a look at it? > On this issue, I think a small amount of things like this would be OK, > but too much would be bad. ...you think that stuff that's not even supported by Debian is okay, why do you think that having Debian Labs people even occassionally providing software that's "not part of Debian" is an isue? (If you really want to mindlessly trade slogans, then how about "although non-free software isn't a part of Debian, we support its use" ? Why is it a good idea for Debian Labs people to not abide by all of the social contract?) > > There are tax implications here [1]. The money goes: > > donator * -> SPI * -> Lab -> employee * > > -> expenses > > -> profits * > > with each "*" representing a point at which the government could end up > > taking a cut. SPI being a tax-exempt non-profit allows the first to *'s to > > disappear, if the appropriate rules are followed. ... > Could somebody with a better understanding of the law help here? > (Maybe that's you, aj, I'm just not sure.) Note the .au in my email address. I don't have a lot of idea about US law. .au law is that you can't make donations for work on Debian tax deductible. Cheers, aj -- Anthony Towns <aj@humbug.org.au> <http://azure.humbug.org.au/~aj/> I don't speak for anyone save myself. GPG signed mail preferred. Australian DMCA (the Digital Agenda Amendments) Under Review! -- http://azure.humbug.org.au/~aj/blog/copyright/digitalagenda
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