On Mon, Jul 28, 2003 at 01:25:52AM +0200, Jakob Bohm wrote: > > > So it does. It will have to be relicensed or removed. > > > > I concur. Alternatively, the package containing it could be moved to > > non-free... > > #pragma begin_sarcasm(1000) > > Move perl to non-free?, things seem to be getting out of hand
No, the package containing it, which means creating a "perl-doc-non-free" package. Obviously, the author relicensing is by far the best option. (snipped sarcastic rant apparently complaining that people actually expect Debian to remain 100% Free Software) > DFSG 1 says that the freedoms need only apply in the context of > larger diverse distributions, and need not apply to individual > files or even packages when those files or packages are taken > out of context. At least this appears to be the only meaningful > reading of the phrase "...as a component of an aggregate > software distribution containing programs from several different > sources." The license does not give permission to use the file as part of an arbitrary aggregate software distribution--it only permits it when aggregated with Perl. I can't package it with "hello world", and if that isn't enough, then it fails DFSG#1. The license explicitly forbids this document's use with forked versions of Perl. It is clearly and unambiguously non-free. Playing with the words of the DFSG won't change that. (I find your "reading" to have so little to do with DFSG#1 that I'm having difficulty figuring out where to start, so I'll leave that to others.) -- Glenn Maynard
