Package: kde Version: all Severity: serious Justification: ..bug filed on debian-policy, _should_ be in 2.1 and 12.5, is not.
...summarian conclusion: Just remove "Agreement" from those tabs, leave "License" on them. ;o) ...subject 'n justification tells the story, further discussion can be found on Groklaw and likely d-legal too, the GPL is a license because it gives a permission to do something, such as distribution, on a certain condition, "also distribute the source." ...no agreement, "just act on it or face the wrath of copyright law." ...Microsoft et al likes to confuse the legal issues by calling their sales or renting contracts for their binaries, "End User License Agreement". That very "Ok"-click agreement makes it a contract. ...contracts too can be enforced in court, "because we agreed." ...their long term strategic reason is profit from litigation etc when they fail to compete. To succeed, license and "license agreement" confusion is needed. ...unless we agree with Microsoft that the GPL is a contract, we should clarify our position as above, just remove "Agreement" from those tabs, leave "License" on them tabs, and add similar advice to sections 2.1 and 12.5 of the Debian Policy Manual. -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers testing APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i586) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.10-1-386 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
