Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 7 Oct 2006 06:49:17 +0200, Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > >> 4. We allow inclusion of such firmware into Debian Etch, even if >> their license does not normally allow modification, as long as >> we are legally allowed to distribute them. > > This clause is a violation of the DFSG, being able to modify > whatever we ship (apart from license texts) is a core part of what > free software is. Electing not to apply the DFSG violates the SC, > which says everything we produce would be free according to the > DFSG. > > > No matter how you look at it, this proposal supersedes either > the DFSG or the SC, or both, even though it does so only > temporarily -- and superseding a foundation document requires a 3:1 > super majority. > > I suggest eliminating this clause.
Or voting for this clause with 3:1 majority. Regards, Frank -- Dr. Frank Küster Single Molecule Spectroscopy, Protein Folding @ Inst. f. Biochemie, Univ. Zürich Debian Developer (teTeX/TeXLive)
