Raphael Hertzog wrote: > On Thu, 24 Aug 2006, Branden Robinson wrote: >> Serendipitously, under Steve's proposed GR, the following might not ever >> have been necessary: >> >> Package: freedoom >> >> ...as we could just distribute the original proprietary WAD files by iD >> software in main. > > This is wrong. Steve's GR only allows such things to be sourceless. > It doesn't free them from having a license which fits all the other DFSG > points like the right to modify and to redistribute the changed files, > etc.
Worth noting, then, that most of the "firmware" at issue does *not* have valid licenses to distribute at all. -- Nathanael Nerode <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Bush admitted to violating FISA and said he was proud of it. So why isn't he in prison yet?... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
