Branden Robinson: BR> There are lots of ways to preserve artistic integrity. It's BR> perfectly compatible with the DFSG to, for instance, require that BR> modified versions change the name of the relevant BR> (font|executable|data file), to include a disclaimer in the BR> copyright info about the software's modified status, etc.
Would it be poor etiquette to forward a digest of this discussion to Charles Bigelow? BR> The philosophical tenets at issue are whether freedom to modify BR> what is installed one's computer is valuable in and of itself, and BR> whether being able to share my modification with my friends, BR> family, co-workers, etc. is a value. Right. This is what I tried to express when, in my previous mail, I contrasted technical and pragmatic issues with ideological ones. BR> [we] ensure that Debian packages are highly cooperative with each BR> other and well-integrated, and we have made many efforts over the BR> years to construct infrastructure that permits them to be so. As a user of Debian, I am well aware of this. (Yet Another Happy Customer). BR> However, I suggest you formulate the wording you would like to BR> see, join the debian-project mailing list, see if you can recruit BR> some backing for your position, and (if you are not a Debian BR> Developer) locate someone who is willing to submit it as a General BR> Resolution, at which time it can be handled on the debian-vote BR> list. It was a conscious decision that I should not join the Debian project. There is only so much time that I can spend on Free Software, and I am not willing to have the duties of a Debian maintainer cut on my work upstream. Thank you for your suggestion, Branden, but this is way more than what I am willing to do in Debian. I can only hope that somebody more involved within Debian than I am will agree with me and go through the necessary process; failing that, I hope that somebody, perhaps even you, will get the fonts under discussion into Non-Free. Regards, Juliusz