On Fri, Feb 04, 2005 at 04:01:10PM +1100, Glenn L McGrath wrote: > > No, of course not. I don't mind if copyright holders make their > > copyright easier to defend--until it comes at an unacceptable cost of > > freedom to licensees. I believe choice of venue (and > > police-your-neighbor) clauses do so. > > I never realised the DFSG was so open to interpretation until now.
It must be interpreted, or it is useless. I hope you aren't suggesting Debian should take an interpretation of the DFSG that allows licenses to place unacceptable restrictions on the freedom of licensees. My recommendation to you is, rather than complaining about the "interpretation" of the DFSG, to instead argue the restriction on its own terms: Why should it be allowed? Why are the side-effects of such restrictions (such as those Steve Langasek explained) an acceptable cost? (Debating restrictions is productive, and in the interests of Free Software; claiming that boil down to "I don't care if it restricts freedom; the DFSG doesn't talk about it" aren't.) -- Glenn Maynard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]