> > > > >Including anything that is non-DFSG in main, means that people have to > start > >checking licences, before playing with the source --- a Bad Thing IMHO. > > > >Cheers, Phil. > > > > > > > People should always check licenses when they are playing with source. > "was that library LGPL or GPL?" "Can I use that GPL program in my > proprietary app? no? well how about X/BSD stuff?" > > main means the minimum acceptable, but programs can have conflicting > licenses and still be a part of main. > (the GPL and the NPL/MPL for example)
Conflicting ? How ? If I start with a system containing only DFSG compliant programs and code, and I licence all my own code under a DFSG compliant licence, how can I ever get shafted by the licences ? OK, so maybe I don't get to advertise the fact that I use apache (allegedly ;) but that's not actually impinging on my use of the program. As it happens, I do check the licences of the important software I use, but that's mostly to confirm that maintainers were not mistaken in placing the software in main. Cheers, Phil.
