On Mon, 02 Jun 2008 12:07:07 +0100 MJ Ray wrote: > Stefano Zacchiroli <zack@debian.org> wrote: > > On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 01:35:49PM +0300, Lars Wirzenius wrote: > > > consensus that we should do it. However, if no-one objects within a > > > couple of weeks, I'll add a suggestion to use the Expat license in a > > > couple of weeks or so. > > I agree that we should suggest the Expat licence. So do I. [...] > Also, the Creative Commons licences are not all free software licences. I personally think that *none* of them[1] meet the DFSG. Unfortunately, FTP-masters seem to disagree with me... Anyone who would like to read further details on my view on the topic could start by taking a look at previous debian-legal discussions[2][3]. [1] excluding the public domain dedication (which is not a license anyway) and the re-branded licenses (CC-GNU GPL, CC-GNU LGPL, BSD, which are externally developed CC-re-branded licenses)... [2] http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2007/09/msg00076.html [3] http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2007/09/msg00126.html [...] > > - please mention the fact that Expat is kinda MIT/X11 with <add the > > feature I forgot here>, I feel the "Expat" name can sound weird to a > > lot of non -legal readers > > I don't think Expat has any significant additional feature. Expat is > usually used as the name to avoid the ambiguity caused by referring to > MIT, X11 or BSD (each of which has used several very different > licences over time) and for an explicit inclusion of "associated > documentation files" as "Software". However, it's not in > common-licenses (yet?). I personally would like to see the Expat license in /usr/share/common-licenses/. Please see bug #284340 [4], which was unfortunately tagged wontfix... [4] http://bugs.debian.org/284340 Big disclaimers: IANAL, TINLA, IANADD, TINASOTODP. -- http://frx.netsons.org/doc/index.html#nanodocs The nano-document series is here! ..................................................... Francesco Poli . GnuPG key fpr == C979 F34B 27CE 5CD8 DC12 31B5 78F4 279B DD6D FCF4
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