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Re: CALL FOR VOTES: First of two votes on social contract

On Sun, 8 Jun 1997, Bruce Perens wrote:

> From: "James R. Van Zandt" <jrv@vanzandt.mv.com>
> > However, "When we write new software, we will license it as free
> > software" implies that even what we write on our "day job" has to be
> > free.  A lot of us can't afford that.  Can this sentence be dropped?
> 
> The document starts "We are Software in the Public Interest". I think
> it's clear enough that we are speaking for the organization, not the
> things we all do to support ourselves. Does anyone else have a problem
> with the current language?

Absolutely no problem. I read it the same way that you just described.

> 
> > The other nit was here:
> >5. The program must include source code, and must allow distribution in
> >   source as well as binary form.
> > A perl script "includes" its own source code, but hardly any C
> > program does.  I think what we really want here is what the GNU GPL
> > 'says - that users "receive or can get the source code".   I suggest
> > something like this:
> 
> I think it's fair for Debian to insist that we actually have the source
> code on hand. If it's available, this should be no problem. In the case
> of C programs, since we will eventually be shifting over to having
> maintainers upload source and having compilation happen on a trusted
> system, source is essential.
> 
Agreed. Source is essential.

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