Re: Can a license be "DFSG approved"?

2017-10-27 Thread Ian Jackson
Paul Wise writes ("Re: Can a license be "DFSG approved"?"): > On Thu, Oct 26, 2017 at 9:53 PM, David Seaward wrote: > > I was also reminded of the comment below, and wondered in retrospect if > > a flagging licenses as "DFSG approved" actually make

Re: Can a license be "DFSG approved"?

2017-10-27 Thread David Seaward
Hi Paul, On Fri, 2017-10-27 at 14:50 +0800, Paul Wise wrote: > The DFSG is not a body that can approve things. You could say "DFSG > compatible", or "foo version X under license Y was approved by the > Debian ftp-masters". Thanks for the clarification. Your comment about compatibility matches a

Re: Can a license be "DFSG approved"?

2017-10-27 Thread Paul Wise
On Thu, Oct 26, 2017 at 9:53 PM, David Seaward wrote: > I suggested DFSG flagging, and SPDX are interested in a machine- > readable status list. [2] Is there such a thing? There is not such a thing. > I was also reminded of the comment below, and wondered in retrospect if > a flagging licenses

Can a license be "DFSG approved"?

2017-10-26 Thread David Seaward
Hi, I noticed that SPDX [1] are in the process of flagging licenses as "FSF libre" and "OSI approved". Ideally, other third parties will also be able to flag licenses or provide APIs that do the same. I suggested DFSG flagging, and SPDX are interested in a machine- readable status list. [2] Is