Charles Plessy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > It is exactly because it is anyway wrong to not cite authors that it is > better to leave the requirement out of the licence. When we publish > scientific articles, we do not put a disclaimer on the top saying "if > you read this article, you must properly cite it if you re-use some > results or concepts in your research."
> Having that kind or requirement in licences has multipls consequences: > - It makes the software non-compliant to the DFSG. Why? I don't see anything in the DFSG that says that licenses may not require citing authors, and in fact many DFSG-free licenses require that one preserve copyright statements or authorship information. -- Russ Allbery ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
