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Re: next approach: new non-free/contrib policy

On Sun, 27 Jul 1997, Clint Adams wrote:

> > It doesn't matter whether it's the license or some other legal fiction
> > that creates the restriction. It is the distribution restriction that
> 
> Sure it does.  In the former case, the restriction is universal, whereas
> in the latter it is not.  I could arbitrarily declare that the distribution
> of all GNU software is prohibited in my house.  By your argument, that would
> make it non-free.
> 
According to my reading of the DFSG it would, in fact, be non-free. You
declaired a distribution restriction. Pine's only restriction is it can't
be distributed on the same medium with proprietary software. This is also
a very limited and specific restriction. It can be distributed in many
other ways, but it still belongs in non-free.
The Guide seems very specific about geographical, geopolitical, and other
"specific" restrictions on distribution. This is one of those.

Luck,

Dwarf
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