On Thu, Oct 26, 2017 at 9:53 PM, David Seaward wrote: > I suggested DFSG flagging, and SPDX are interested in a machine- > readable status list. [2] Is there such a thing?
There is not such a thing. > I was also reminded of the comment below, and wondered in retrospect if > a flagging licenses as "DFSG approved" actually makes sense? The DFSG is not a body that can approve things. You could say "DFSG compatible", or "foo version X under license Y was approved by the Debian ftp-masters". > It is possible to have a package containing software under a "free" > license with some other aspect that makes it non-free. Yes, the DFSG covers more than just licensing. > debian-legal comments on a license in abstract, not applied to any > particular software. While these discussion can suggest possible > problems, often no firm answers can be reached until some specific > software is examined. [3] debian-legal is just a discussion forum, not any official Debian body. Often folks here try to avoid discussion in the abstract because discussions without details can lead to incorrect or poor-fit conclusions and suggestions. We can of course try to suggest possible problems even without full details. -- bye, pabs https://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise