On Fri, 19 Apr 2024 10:23:38 +0200 Simon wrote: > Interesting, the debian/copyright file of sgml-data includes that too: > > Would it make sense to open a Debian bug report about it, cc'ing > debian-legal for discussion/interpretation? It seems like an unclear > license at best.
from what i know abut debian packaging, the debian/copyright file is not automated - it must be written by the package maintainer; which means that the package maintainer has presumably read the license and considers it to be in accordance with debian's policy - it may not be; but i would not expect that bug report to be considered to be a bug, unless you can demonstrate precisely how it conflicts with debian's policy (ie: demonstrate that the packager made an error) - even if the packager could point to a prior decision made by the legal team WRT that license, it could not influence this work-group - that license is not complicated; so it is a matter of opinion in any case, asking for debian's opinion would not be informative in the context of this work-group; because debian does not participate this work-group - debian has its own set of guidelines which may differ where this license is concerned - OTOH, the pureos maintainers are also members of debian - perhaps their opinion would be constructive in this context - they would be obligated to treat or delete this software, if the FSF deems that license unacceptable; but debian has no relation or obligation to the FSDG
