On Wed, Jan 30, 2002 at 08:25:31AM -0800, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: > Richard Braakman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > The statement you quoted is inside a "provided that" clause. So they're > > making DFSG compliance a legal requirement, which is a bit problematic > > since the DFSG was never intended as a legal document :) > > True enough, but the clause kills the license anyway. What it says > is: > > If you commercially distribute the book, it must be as part of a > DFSG-free aggregate. > > However, clause one of the DFSG requires that it be permissible to add > it to *any* aggregate, whether the aggregate is DFSG-free or not. > > For example, a DFSG-free thing can be added to Sun's Solaris CDs. The > O'Reilly manuals cannot.
Yes, but not because of some legalistic reasoning which only confuse the mind. It is non free because of clause 9 of the DFSG. Friendly, Sven Luther
