On Sun, 27 Apr 2014 12:05:21 +0200
Solal <solal.rast...@me.com> wrote:

> The two documents are incompatible, and the DFSG is very laxist and do
> not protects completely freedom. FSDG protects freedoms : it resolves
> issues : proprietary software is totally banned, patents are prohibited,
> trademarks limited, etc.
> 
> GFDL is free, because Invariant Sections are free if used in opinions
> (nobody want peoples modify their opinion in a text). The GFDL prohibit
> the use of Invariant Sections in technic texts.
> 
> The only case where a software respects FSD but not DFSG is good. That
> can be a software which prohibit the use of proprietary software in
> aggregates.
> This is good, totally ethical, and I think a license should do that for
> protect uers from proprietary.
> 
> The cases where a software respects DFSG but not respects FSD are bad.
> For example, a software which prohibit the distribution of modified
> versions respects DFSG if it authorize patch files.
> But it's unethical.
> 
> In some years, the patch will maybe be incompatible with the new version.
> The Debian project authorize that (but encourage to do not do that, but
> that's not suffiscient).
> 
> The Debian project authorize too certain licenses which is too vague for
> talk about free (the Artistic License 1.0, for example).
> 
> The DFSG is really bad, too laxist and useless.

I see that you don't like the DFSG. But as already has been said: We
are Debian and follow our own contract and not a contact of some other
project/company.
I think if you have problems with the DFSG you should propose changes
to improve it instead of saying we should drop it and follow someone
else.

PS: Please don't top-post.

Regards
Sven

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