On Wed, Jun 23, 1999 at 01:36:24PM -0400, Dale Scheetz wrote: > > > The stuff in contrib, IMO, belongs in Main. The GPL says nothing > > GPL might not.. but the GPL isn't our litmus test. It's the DFSG. > > The DFSG is a _licensing_ guildeline and says nothing about functionality. > The DFSG _does_ allow a warranty disclaimer, doesn't it? I'm not disagreeing with that. I just got my hackles raised over "GPL says nothing" instead of "DFSG says..." > The issue of what goes into main has always been an issue of the license, > not local laws, or the degree to which the product is bug free. Trying to > keep contrib packages out of main just because they don't work is bringing > in issues not related to licensing freeness. Where do patents fit in this? If I write somthing that uses a patented formula but license my code as BSD...? -- Please cc all mailing list replies to me, also. ========================================================================= * http://benham.net/index.html <gecko@benham.net> <>< * * -------------------- * -----------------------------------------------* * Debian Developer, Debian Project Secretary, Debian Webmaster * * <gecko@debian.org> <secretary@debian.org> <lintian-maint@debian.org> * * <webmaster@debian.org> <gecko@fortunet.com> <webmaster@spi-inc.org> * =========================================================================
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