-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Bill Allombert <bill.allomb...@math.u-bordeaux1.fr> wrote: > - - - - - - - > General Resolution made in accordance with Debian Constitution 4.1.5: > > The Debian project resolves that softwares licensed under the GNU Affero > Public License are not free according to the Debian Free Software Guideline. > - - - - - - -
I second the above Resolution, although I note it is missing the world "General" before "Public". My personal rationale is three-fold: firstly, the uncertainty about whether we have to ensure availability of the whole software or only our modifications (in other words, whether our app should go offline if savannah, debian or whatever upstream hosting service goes offline to our users) could be a significant cost of use (this is broadly Bill Allombert's point 2.2); secondly, the AGPL contradicts the freedom to distribute "when you wish" which I always thought was a fundamental part of free software. It has often been mentioned by RMS and others, in speeches such as http://fsfeurope.org/documents/rms-fs-2006-03-09.en.html and some forced-publication licences (such as Reciprocal Public License) have been listed on http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/index_html#NonFreeSoftwareLicense finally, the AGPL is grounded in the self-contradicting idea of being "specifically designed to ensure cooperation" as described in its preamble (which also differs from the GNU GPL). I believe cooperation is necessarily voluntary (and I am not alone in that - see http://www.ica.coop/coop/principles.html#1) and that "ensured cooperation" is coercion, not freedom. This is broadly in line with debian's constitutional idea that "A person who does not want to do a task which has been delegated or assigned to them does not need to do it." I hope that others will support this debian and co-op view. Regards, - -- MJR/slef My Opinion Only: see http://people.debian.org/~mjr/ Please follow http://www.uk.debian.org/MailingLists/#codeofconduct -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFJx3v4mUY5euFC5vQRAq4PAKCAILfH4vqC9mNfZEisA89K1bOtjQCgmKeh Z+cEKLJLzYnqDSMKBXZuXY8= =7dWJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-vote-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org