Thank you very much. We sincerely appreciate your help On Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 3:09 PM, Don Armstrong <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sun, 25 Nov 2012, Gary Wilson wrote: > > Good day - We have a son taking Computer Science at Ryerson > > University in Toronto Canada. He is very religious and is concerned > > that using your software without reading, in detail all of your > > license agreements including the entire list for both free and > > non-free suppliers. This is jeopardizing his study. Can you help by > > clarifying your requirements/understanding of who needs to read > > what. > > In general, everything which is in the archive, but not in non-free > follows the DFSG. If you have concerns which are not addressed by the > DFSG, or you plan on using non-free, we include the licenses of the > software in the copyright file included in each package. > > That said, we cannot provide any sort of warranty that the software in > Debian main actually meets the DFSG or is suitable for whatever > concerns that you have. > > Finally, I should note that the software we distribute is in general > far more liberally licensed than the vast majority of proprietary > software. > > > Don Armstrong > > -- > "That is why I am still tyrant of [Ankh-Morpork]. The way to retain > power, I have always thought, is to ensure the absolute unthinkability > of oneself not being there." > -- Terry Pratchett _Unseen Academicals_ p391 > > http://www.donarmstrong.com http://rzlab.ucr.edu > -- Regards. Gary
