(Kai Hendry) > > > I thought I should just check with you guys if the license is OK for > > > Debian. > > (Steve Langasek) > > No, it is not. The requirement of source redistribution to third > > parties that you are not distributing binaries to is incompatible with > > the DFSG. > (Benj. Mako Hill) > I don't think that issue is a closed one.
We are, however, certain that the Affero version is non-free. It is non-free because it imposes restrictions on modifying the program. It requires that the *program* contain facilities to send source to users. That is *definitely* not compatible with the DFSG (and is practically extremely annoying and obnoxious), even if some alternate clause requiring source distribution (such as I suggested to the FSF) might be. -- Nathanael Nerode <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "(Instead, we front-load the flamewars and grudges in the interest of efficiency.)" --Steve Lanagasek, http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2005/09/msg01056.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
