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DFSG-free Project (was Re: Proposal: Keep non-free)
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| Zenaan Harkness 2004-02-25, 9:37 am |
| On Wed, 2004-02-25 at 22:11, MJ Ray wrote:
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> As you have pointed out before, the project and the distribution are
> different. I think the project is already not "DFSG-like free": it
> discriminates against certain fields of endeavour in some ways. It
> would be difficult to do otherwise. Your claim seems very obvious. I
> don't think the DFSG are supposed to apply to the project, only the
> distribution, but ICBW.
This has come up a few times in this discussion and earlier, and
you've put it very succinctly - the project is not DFSG free.
Should if it should be?
If so why - what [dis]advantages (practical, and strategic) are
there, and what consequences can we imagine?
It kind of feels intuitively attractive to me, to have an entirely
DFSG-free project producing DFSG-free deliverables.
(Note CCed to -devel where this new discussion is likely more
appropriate - I'm guessing ??)
zen
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| Colin Watson 2004-02-25, 9:37 am |
| On Wed, Feb 25, 2004 at 10:57:30PM +1100, Zenaan Harkness wrote:
> (Note CCed to -devel where this new discussion is likely more
> appropriate - I'm guessing ??)
-project, I'd have thought. -devel is (at least supposed to be) for
technical discussions.
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| MJ Ray 2004-02-25, 9:37 am |
| On 2004-02-25 11:57:30 +0000 Zenaan Harkness <zen@freedbms.net> wrote:
> It kind of feels intuitively attractive to me, to have an entirely
> DFSG-free project producing DFSG-free deliverables.
Trying to apply the DFSG to the project doesn't seem to work, as I
don't know any definition of software that would include the actual
project acts. We could try to write DFSG-like DFPG, but I am not
clever enough to see how to get a viable project if it can't
discriminate against those who work on destroying it.
I think you should raise this as a new thread on -project if you wish
to continue it.
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