On Thu, Feb 09, 2006 at 05:12:31PM +0530, Mahesh T. Pai wrote: > Jari Aalto said on Thu, Feb 09, 2006 at 01:08:19PM +0200,: > > > Btw, is DSFG close to OSI approved or are there list somewhere that > > describes the difference? > > DFSG applies to software, `OSI-approved' relates to licenses. A > package under a OSI approved licence *may* not be DFSG free if, for > example, it includes a procedure which implemnts an actively enforced > patent; or depends on a non-free software (eg. for compliation).
Er. DFSG applies to the restrictions in effect on a piece of software. Most of the time, that means the same thing: the license. In practice, there are many licenses that are OSI-approved but are not DFSG-free, because the OSD and the DFSG are interpreted by widely different groups of people, with different goals and principles. (The interpretation isn't even close. As I understand it, OSI uses the OSD as a literal set of rules--a "definition", which is in stark contrast to Debian's use of the DFSG as a set of guidelines.) -- Glenn Maynard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
