Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-license-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 30676 invoked from network); 14 Nov 2003 02:04:15 -0000 Received: from daedalus.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (208.185.179.12) by minotaur-2.apache.org with SMTP; 14 Nov 2003 02:04:15 -0000 Received: (qmail 53753 invoked by uid 500); 14 Nov 2003 02:03:58 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-license-archive@apache.org Received: (qmail 53684 invoked by uid 500); 14 Nov 2003 02:03:57 -0000 Mailing-List: contact license-help@apache.org; run by ezmlm Reply-To: license@apache.org list-help: list-unsubscribe: list-post: Precedence: bulk Delivered-To: mailing list license@apache.org Delivered-To: moderator for license@apache.org Received: (qmail 49996 invoked from network); 14 Nov 2003 02:01:27 -0000 Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2003 21:01:21 -0500 From: Glenn Maynard To: license@apache.org, debian-legal@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: DFSG-freeness of Apache Software Licenses Message-ID: <20031114020121.GA27962@zewt.org> Mail-Followup-To: license@apache.org, debian-legal@lists.debian.org References: <20031114013918.GJ2707@donarmstrong.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20031114013918.GJ2707@donarmstrong.com> Mail-Copies-To: nobody X-No-CC: Branden subscribes to this list; do not CC him on replies. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i X-Spam-Rating: daedalus.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N X-Spam-Rating: minotaur-2.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 05:39:18PM -0800, Don Armstrong wrote: > A clause that enables the license to a piece of IP in a piece of Free > Software to be revokable is a useage restriction, and as such, not > DSFG Free.[1] [It fails DFSG #5 and #6.] Assuming you mean "revokable under some condition" (not just "revokable at whim", which is obviously non-free), wouldn't this include GPL #4? I'm not suggesting that the GPL is non-free, or that the proposed clause in question is free; just that this statement seems overly broad. -- Glenn Maynard