discuss: Documentation licensing
Subject:
Re: Documentation Licensing
From:
Rick Moen ####@####.####
Date:
13 Apr 2004 00:30:59 -0000
Message-Id: <20040413003057.GD2020@linuxmafia.com>
Quoting Rodolfo J. Paiz ####@####.####
> Just out of curiosity, why is it that everyone cares so much about Debian
> guidelines? People act as though not abiding by Debian rules would get you
> fined and thrown in jail sometimes...
Well, I don't -- I just answer questions about 'em. Also, the DFSG is a
handy and reasonable standard yardstick for what's free software.
Conveniently, it's the same ruleset as the OSD (standard yardstick for
open source software), for historical reasons.
Core concept of both is the right to fork. The rest tends to be
clarification for people less clear on what's entailed in _substantively_
having that right.
