I notice our free-software page, the one that points to the DSFG text (http://www.debian.org/intro/free), refers to a couple of sample free licenses (GPL, BSD et al).
I think it would be a useful resource if this page would also refer to examples of licenses that Debian considers DSFG-nonfree (e.g. GFSDL, XFree86 1.1, etc), with a brief summary of why they do not meet our guidelines. My motivation for asking for this is that my Xprint upstream author prefers ksh93 to bash, and would prefer it if we were to use it. Looking into ksh93, AT&T has now released it as open-source, but the licence (http://www.research.att.com/sw/license/ast-open.html) has enough if's and but's that it is not obvious to me whether or not it is DSFG-free. After debian-legal goes to all the trouble of determining whether some licence is free or not, it would be useful for their decision to be displayed, so others can easily see the decision later, without having to waste time searching through the mailing list. It could perhaps also serve as a kind of "shame file", encouraging upstream authors to consider changing their program to a DSFG-free licence. Drew [EMAIL PROTECTED] DISCLAIMER: The information in this message is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee. Access to this message by anyone else is unauthorised. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, or distribution of the message, or any action or omission taken by you in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. Please immediately contact the sender if you have received this message in error. Thank you.
