Re: DFSG4 and combined works

[Laurent Fousse <laurent@cabal.lateralis.org>]

Hello,

* Anton Zinoviev [Thu, Feb 09, 2006 at 12:33:30AM +0200]:
> During the the discussions in this and the previous month it became
> clear there are two completely different notions of "freedom" among
> us.
> 
> The first notion of freedom is: the work is free if we are allowed to
> do whatever we want with it.

I don't think any debian developer seriously holds that opinion.

> The second notion of freedom is: the work is free if we are allowed to
> adapt it to various needs and to improve it.
> 
> The strong point of the first notion of freedom is that in every
> person there is a natural desire to be able to do whatever he wants.
> 
> The strong point of the second notion of freedom is that 1. this
> freedom is all we need for practical purposes (thats why FSF holds
> this notion of freedom) and 2. this is the status quo in Debian.

The problem with this second notion is that "practical purposes" is
ill-defined.