Re: Question for candidate Towns [Was, Re: DPL election IRC Debate - Call for questions]
On Tue, 8 Mar 2005, Sven Luther wrote:
> > > Yep, but there is a difference between the information being available, and it
> > > being actively feeded to the NSA or whoever. And it is especially bothering if
> > > this cause undue delay in our normal activities, like aj is saying it is.
> >
> > So, you want to abolish the DFSG? What part of free do you not understand?
>
> Notice that :
>
> 1) to have a package pass NEW, some manual BSwhatevr notification is needed.
Any new binary will have to pass NEW. Having to do notifications doesn't
change that(and that's an automatic process, anyways).
> 2) this means that we are not free to do a modification of a package that
> makes it go into NEW without the approval of the ftp-master *and* the
> notification to said agency.
Notifications are always done, anyways. See -devel-changes.
> 3) Some would argue that this impose an additional fee or restriction (in
> the same way as a post-card licence) on our distribution as part of debian.
> (read the debian-legal posts for this past year or so, if you doubt).
Only if every developer had to do it themself. But this notification is
automated.
> 4) furthermore, i believe that, altough it never happened, it could well be
> that the BSwhatever agency may also once it reads the notification, reject
> the export authorization for a particular package, no ?
I am not aware of there being a reject procedure in place.
> So, you want to go into DFSG flamewar, please go ahead.
Understand how the system works first, which you don't seem to.
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- Re: Question for candidate Towns [Was, Re: DPL election IRC Debate - Call for questions]
- From: Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr>
- Re: Question for candidate Towns [Was, Re: DPL election IRC Debate - Call for questions]
- From: Anthony Towns <aj@azure.humbug.org.au>
- Re: Question for candidate Towns [Was, Re: DPL election IRC Debate - Call for questions]
- From: Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr>
- Re: Question for candidate Towns [Was, Re: DPL election IRC Debate - Call for questions]
- From: Anthony Towns <aj@azure.humbug.org.au>
- Re: Question for candidate Towns [Was, Re: DPL election IRC Debate - Call for questions]
- From: Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr>
- Re: Question for candidate Towns [Was, Re: DPL election IRC Debate - Call for questions]
- From: Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org>
- Re: Question for candidate Towns [Was, Re: DPL election IRC Debate - Call for questions]
- From: Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr>
- Re: Question for candidate Towns [Was, Re: DPL election IRC Debate - Call for questions]
- From: Thomas Bushnell BSG <tb@becket.net>
- Re: Question for candidate Towns [Was, Re: DPL election IRC Debate - Call for questions]
- From: Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr>
- Re: Question for candidate Towns [Was, Re: DPL election IRC Debate - Call for questions]
- From: Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org>
- Re: Question for candidate Towns [Was, Re: DPL election IRC Debate - Call for questions]
- From: Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr>