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Re: gated



On 25 Jul 1997, Manoj Srivastava wrote:

> David> My understanding was that, because it can't be an official
> David> package, it would be ok for one person to sign it of
> David> their own initiative and put it in non-free. Maybe I'm
> David> mistaken. I suppose I should see the license before further
> David> blathering...:-)
>
> Sorry. By putting it on the Debian site, Debian is responsible for the
> licencing details. If an individual or group signed that licence, they
> should be in control, not Debian.
>
> Remember, folks, these are not word games we are playing here. You
> can't just sign a licence and blithely put up software for anonymous
> ftp. Sheer liability requirements would prevent us from keeping it in
> non-free.

precisely! you've hit the nail right on the head.

another thing that should be remembered is that any person - debian
developer or not - can sign the contract, make a debian package of gated,
and put it up on their OWN ftp site or web site. 

They could then post an announcement about this to the debian-user list
and maybe also to c.o.l.a. In fact, that would be a great opportunity to
publicise exactly WHY gated can not be included in debian proper.

Such publicity and any subsequent enquiries to the Merit gated
consortium could (possibly) encourage them to change their license.

if they do, then great! gated can join either non-free or contrib or
main depending upon the other clauses in the license.

if not, then debian users who really need it will be able to get and
install it easily and we WON'T have had to compromise our principles.


Finally, our Social Contract was no word game either. We have made a
committment to the principles of free software in that document. We have
a lot to lose if we compromise those principles for gated, and very
little to gain.

Craig


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