Re: Is ISC License considered DFSG free?

[Paul Tagliamonte]

Quote me on this:

ISC meets the DFSG, with my ftp hat on.

On Oct 22, 2016 12:46 PM, "Ben Finney"  wrote:

> Jari Aalto  writes:
>
> > Excellent summary Ben.
>
> Thank you for saying so.
>
> > Do you think, if it would be good if I added note about ISC license to
> > the Debian License information page[1] and point it to this thread for
> > future reference?
>
> No, I think my assessment is one person's opinion. It is based on no
> legal expertise. What you propose would give it too much authority.
>
> Better to seek a package using these license terms that the FTP Masters
> have expressed a position on; if that doesn't exist, mine is not a
> substitute :-)
>
> --
>  \“Good judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from |
>   `\  bad judgement.” —Frederick P. Brooks |
> _o__)  |
> Ben Finney
>
>

Re: Is ISC License considered DFSG free?

[Thorsten Alteholz]

Hi Jari,

On Sat, 22 Oct 2016, Jari Aalto wrote:

Do you think, if it would be good if I added note about ISC
license to the Debian License information page[1] and point
it to this thread for future reference?


yes, please do. I wonder why nobody has done that before.

Thanks!
 Thorsten

Re: Is ISC License considered DFSG free?

[Ben Finney]

Jari Aalto  writes:

> Excellent summary Ben.

Thank you for saying so.

> Do you think, if it would be good if I added note about ISC license to
> the Debian License information page[1] and point it to this thread for
> future reference?

No, I think my assessment is one person's opinion. It is based on no
legal expertise. What you propose would give it too much authority.

Better to seek a package using these license terms that the FTP Masters
have expressed a position on; if that doesn't exist, mine is not a
substitute :-)

-- 
 \“Good judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from |
  `\  bad judgement.” —Frederick P. Brooks |
_o__)  |
Ben Finney

Re: Is ISC License considered DFSG free?

[Jari Aalto]

2016-10-21 22:42 Ben Finney :
| Jari Aalto  writes:
|
| > The agrep software is currently in non-free. Latest code
| > appears to have moved under ISC License[1]
|
| > [1] http://webglimpse.net/sublicensing/licensing.html
| All required DFSG freedoms are granted by this text.
|
| The conditions do not impose any non-free restrictions.
|
| By my reading, the grant and conditions are exactly equivalent to the
| well-understood Expat license grant and conditions.
|
| This work, provided its complete license grant and conditions was only
| the above text, would IMO be uncontroversially DFSG-free.

Excellent summary Ben.

Do you think, if it would be good if I added note about ISC
license to the Debian License information page[1] and point
it to this thread for future reference?

Jari

[1] https://wiki.debian.org/DFSGLicenses