Glenn Maynard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Thu, Jul 15, 2004 at 02:01:55AM +0100, Matthew Garrett wrote: >> Right, which indicates that we have nothing in principle against minor >> technical awkwardnesses. > >Patch clauses are not a "minor technical awkwardnesses"; they are a major, >onerous hurdle to free software development. They would be clearly and >obviously (to me) non-free, without the special, explicit exception in >DFSG#4.
So why are they free? "Because DFSG #4 says so" is answering an entirely different question. -- Matthew Garrett | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
