>>>>> "Wichert" == Wichert Akkerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Wichert> Previously Peter Makholm wrote: >> I think there are consensus for allowing positive >> discrimination. Wichert> There is? That would be a mighty slippery slope. This has come up several times over the last two years. As far as I can tell, no one has really presented a good argument why it shouldn't be allowed to grant more freedom to some, provided that the license is DFSG-free for all groups although possibly differently DFSG-free for some groups. The discussions were mostly theoretical; I think this is the first instance we're really likely to care about. Consider that the copyright holder could clearly meet the DFSG by making two releases of the same code, one under the GPL and one under the GPL plus the apple exemption. If Debian used the GPL-only release, it would clearly be DFSG free. If Debian objected to the existance of the other release, it would be inconsistent; we allow people to release software under arbitrary non-DFSG-free licenses provided that the release we use is DFSG-free. Examples of this include gs, db3, etc. I think that demanding the upstream make a special GPL-only release for Debian would serve no useful purpose and would subject us to well-deserved ridicule. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]