Glenn Maynard wrote: >On Wed, Feb 02, 2005 at 08:03:16PM +0000, Steve McIntyre wrote: > >> FFS, that's not what I was saying. You need to be a DD to propose or >> vote on updates to the DFSG. You're clearly not a DD (nor in the NM >> queue), therefore you couldn't do either. You could change that if you >> cared sufficiently... > >I'm not proposing any changes to the DFSG here, since the DFSG already >says that a free license can not impose arbitrary, onerous restrictions >to modification and distribution.
Where, precisely? This, I think, is the crux of the matter. >That's been Debian's interpretation for a long time. You're the one >that's claiming that Debian needs to hold a vote to deem new >restrictions non-free (a discussion which we've had: it would cripple >Debian's ability to remain free), not me. I guess we'll have to disagree here. You think I'm being unreasonable for wanting consensus and clarity in what we consider to be free or non-free, while in my opinion you and others seem to take delight in finding tiresome, nit-picky ways to misinterpret commonly accepted language in licenses and declare them non-free. I'll drop this here; I've got more than enough to do already, writing more Free Software rather than wibbling about licenses. Make sure you announce when you've managed to convince yourself that the GPL is non-free too. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mature Sporty Personal More Innovation More Adult A Man in Dandism Powered Midship Specialty -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
