On Fri, Nov 26, 1999 at 08:32:28AM -0500, Raul Miller wrote: > On Thu, Nov 25, 1999 at 11:56:57AM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > > > You are free to mix the code with other code, though. All DFSG free ^^^ Note the lack of the word `any'. :)
> The DFSG doesn't require that you can freely mix code from arbitrary > packages. That's not its purpose. To achieve that, you start with some > collection of licenses (the kernel licenses) and look for software whose > licenses allow being be freely intermixed in the same program(s). Maybe if Guy's package pool setup actually takes off we should go ahead and make a GPL-compatible-software-only subset of main easily available. The `elitist' distribution, or something. :-P Cheers, aj -- Anthony Towns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://azure.humbug.org.au/~aj/> I don't speak for anyone save myself. PGP encrypted mail preferred. ``The thing is: trying to be too generic is EVIL. It's stupid, it results in slower code, and it results in more bugs.'' -- Linus Torvalds
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