On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 12:17:16PM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > CJ Fearnley <c...@cjfearnley.com> writes: > > > However, I do wish that we could figure out how to write a > > minefield-avoiding third sentence for your paragraph on the main archive > > area that definitively asserts (what I believe we all know to be true) > > that Debian main is more or less a guarantee that the software therein > > is freely usable (and distributable) in the broadest sense. That is, > > that Debian main is unreservedly usable for personal, non-profit, > > for-profit, or, in short, for any purpose. > > > But I'm blanking on text that would work. > > Isn't that basically what the DFSG says, though? At least, that was the > logic that I was using.
The DFSG defines freedom in software licenses, but doesn't provide a statement of assurance to users. Maybe a statement that Debian main supports the Four Freedoms[1][2] would turn the prescriptive DFSG into a qualitative benefits statement. 1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Freedoms_(software)#Definition 2. http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html -- We are on a spaceship; a beautiful one. It took billions of years to develop. We're not going to get another. Now, how do we make this spaceship work? -- Buckminster Fuller CJ Fearnley | Explorer in Universe c...@cjfearnley.com | "Dare to be Naive" -- Bucky Fuller http://www.CJFearnley.com | http://blog.remoteresponder.net/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org