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> [...] licenses that require derivatives in source form to be publicly available Note, this fails the "desert island test" from Debian's Free Software Guideli
by quectophoton 3y ago
> [...] licenses that require derivatives in source form to be publicly available
Note, this fails the "desert island test" from Debian's Free Software Guidelines[1].
If someone wants their software to be accepted in the Debian package repositories, they should be aware that using this license might prevent them from doing so.
I'm not opining on whether that's a good policy or a bad policy, only mentioning that that's a thing.
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debian_Free_Software_Guidelines https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debian_Free_Software_Guideline...
- pabs3 3y agoSuch licenses wouldn't meet the Open Source Definition either (as its a copy of the DFSG) and probably not the Free Software Definition either. https://opensource.org/osd https://opensource.org/osd https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.en.html#fs-definition https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.en.html#fs-definition