Re: changes and standards documents
Hi,
>>"Marcus" == Marcus Brinkmann <Marcus.Brinkmann@ruhr-uni-bochum.de> writes:
Marcus> We have promised an entirely free distribution, and that we
Marcus> give back to the community. [opinion: it is my opininon that
Marcus> we can give back better when we are allowed to improve
Marcus> standards.] So, if we put any non-dfsg-free components in
Marcus> main, the result will be quite different from that what we
Marcus> call Debian at the moment.
I think that the DFSG does not cover documents. Also, we
promise an entirely free distribution for a reason -- and the reasons
quoted by the proponents are very software specific. In the paragraph
above, it is hard to see if you are objecting to something not
falling under the dfsg becuse you have deeper reasons, or just
becuase you have )pardon me, I do not know how to put this politely)
fixated on the phrase dfsg free.
Marcus> Note that this is neither a "yes" or "no", because it is the
Marcus> goal of the discussion to answer this, but everyone should be
Marcus> aware of this.
Everyone should also be aware that the DFSG was designed for
SOFTWARE. That is what the S in DFSG stands for. As soon as we go
beyond sofrtware, we have to re-think what we are committing to and,
most importantly, WHY we so decide.
I agree implicitly with DF Software G, but I have yet to see
a good stance on non-software licencing.
manoj
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