2008/2/28, Sean Kellogg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > An actual cite to the DFSG, but it is from before my time... of course, there > is no explanation of how a "licenses in which any changes must be sent to > some specific place" violates: > > 1. Free redistribution.
1. Free Redistribution: The license of a Debian component may not restrict any party from selling or giving away the software [...] You are restricting people who lack the ability to send the changes back, put in a web page, or just being in a desert island. If you happened to have a plane accident (ref: Lost) and end up in a desert place unconnected to the rest of the world, and happened to have a computer and a Debian DVD there, you wouldn't be allowed -according to the license- to modify it or distribute it among the rest of the people in that place. That also applies to the dissident test, if you're in a country (dictatorship or so) where distributing some software is severely punished for some reason, you wouldn't be able to comply with those license terms (you couldn't set up a web page and put the program online), and thus you couldn't give a copy of it to your neighbor next door. You're restricting some people from selling or giving away the software. I hope it's clearer now. Miry -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
