Ken Arromdee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > This may be a side issue, but could someone explain to me how "you > acknowledge that ____" can fit the DFSG no matter what is acknowledged?
Trivially free examples are easy: "You acknowledge that this software is licensed under the General Public License (version 2, or at your option, any later version)" and "You acknowledge that you have no legal right to distribute this software except according to this copyright license." I think the relevant complaint must be with what is in the blank, not the wrapper phrasing. To borrow a lawyerly turn of phrase, perhaps "Nothing in this license shall imply that this software is licensed by regulators for use XYZ" satisfies both sets of concerns? (Perhaps with the regulators or regulations identified by name.) If someone does go through the effort to qualify a version or derivative of the software for use XYZ, the base software license would not need to be modified. Michael Poole