Nick proposed: > > Debian accepts that it may in certain circumstances be desirable > > (or at least acceptable) for software licenses to limit certain > > freedoms in order better to protect Free Software as a whole.
Start with something uncontroversial and then build to: [...] > > In the light of the threat that software patents pose to Free > > Software, we believe that it is likewise acceptable for software > > licenses to place conditions on the use of software patents > > against Free Software authors and distributors. ...trying to get "pet a cat"-style conditions allowed through! Sorry, but I don't think I can support the suggestion that licenses that die on actions not related to the covered work are reasonable, let alone agreeing with the DFSG. > The intention would be to decide which restrictions might be acceptable > once/if we decide that some might be; I think we'd have a better chance of > having a sensible discussion that way round :-) Maybe, but some things seem clearly off-limits to me. Licences that attempt to restrict acts that don't involve the software, for example. It's also difficult to discuss this in abstract terms. If there was a collection of cases, that might help figure out where the boundary is. It seems to be too early for that, though. I think I agree with Josh's alternate at the moment. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
