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

On 5 Aug 1997, Kai Henningsen wrote:

> dwarf@polaris.net (Dale Scheetz)  wrote on 28.07.97 in <Pine.LNX.3.96.970728083442.5542A-100000@dwarf.polaris.net>:
> 
> > The Guide seems very specific about geographical, geopolitical, and other
> > "specific" restrictions on distribution. This is one of those.
> 
> Nope.
> 
> The guide is very specific about restrictions _in_the_license_. This isn't  
> in the license.
> 
You are correct. The guide only speaks to the authors license because it
was intended as a guide for those authors. It is not only the authors
license that can reduce the freedom of use of a particular piece of
software. By trying to use the guide as a way to "define" whether a piece
of software is truely free we will fall short of protecting the user's
freedoms because the guide only considers the license on the software. It
ignores things like dependence on non-free software and other restrictions
that are imposed on particular classes of software.

I am basicly suggesting that the guide is not sufficient for the
determination of a packages freedom of use.

Luck,

Dwarf
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