David Starner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Yes. I have no objection to letting the code in, but I do take exception > to this line of reasoning. Whether or not HP does it makes no difference > to us. Even it currently being in Debian is no proof of it being > acceptable; every so often we come across a license that has been in > Debian for years, but that isn't DFSG.
Perhaps the code already being in Debian should count as a weak argument in favour of it being acceptable for a simple engineering reason that has to do with hysteresis, Schmitt triggers and thrashing. But you're right that it isn't a proof. Edmund

