On Mon, Jun 04, 2007 at 01:40:17AM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > > You're *not* giving up the right not to distribute any source, because > > you can always refrain from distributing the corresponding binaries and > > have no obligation to provide source.
> > You're *not* giving up the right to distribute binaries without > > distributing the corresponding source, because, without a license, you > > would not have the right to distribute binaries in the first place (with > > or without source). > > By accepting the GPL, you instead gain the right to distribute binaries > > with source, and you simply do *not* gain the right to distribute > > binaries without source. > Similarly, by accepting the CDDL, you are not giving up the right to > choose a venue in case you get sued over the software It is a freedom that I have by default; if I accept the CDDL I no longer have that freedom[1]. Therefore it is a freedom that I'm giving up. > instead, you are simply gaining the right to use, modify, and redistribute > the software under a given set of rules (which simply does not include > "the right to choose a court in which to settle disagreements"). That is > what matters, and that is what makes the software free. No. The GPL grants certain additional, limited rights without taking away any rights that I already have. The CDDL grants certain additional, limited rights *in exchange for* me giving up a right that I have. > Even if my argument would be flawed (which I don't think it is, but just > in case), that wouldn't even matter. What matters is that DFSG#1 talks > about "a royalty or other fee"--i.e. money--not "giving up rights"; and > any interpretation of the text that says it does talk about giving up > rights is incorrect to begin with. Great, I'll start working on the Indentured Servitude Public License; I trust I can count on your support when it comes time for NEW processing. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.debian.org/ [1] Technically, not the right to "choose a venue", but the right to not be sued in a venue where I have no legal presence. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]