On 28 Jan 2006 11:32:08 -0500, Michael Poole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Wesley J. Landaker writes: > > > On Friday 27 January 2006 20:29, Michael Poole wrote: > > > There's little or no evidence that requiring creators of a derivative > > > of some software to identify themselves would prevent a free use of > > > the software. Does that mean the Dissident test is irrelevant? > > > > Yeah, since the dissident test has nothing do to with the DFSG, except by > > quite a big a stretch of the imagination. > > > > Not to say it's not a valuable thought experiment in some cases, but it sure > > isn't the great canonical test that some people here seem to think it is. > > I submit that, under this logic, fees to execute software or create > derivative works are free since they are not mentioned anyhere in the > DFSG. The usual response to this is that Debian would be restricted > in doing things like porting software, fixing bugs, and so forth. The > SC and DFSG make no mention of those tasks, either.
http://www.crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?3:mss:11413 http://www.crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?3:mss:11421 regards, alexander.
