Re: [gNewSense-users] What sucks about gNewSense?

[Chris Andrew]

I'd second that, Brian.

Chris.

On 12/11/2007, Brian Brazil <address@hidden> wrote:
> On Nov 12, 2007 7:59 PM, Kevin Dean <address@hidden> wrote:
> > I was referring to that liblicense, yes. I do understand, however,
> > that it isn't an end-all solution to the problem. I only used it to
> > illustrate a possible solution and give an example of a tool that does
> > something similar to what I envision. It could, in theory, be expanded
> > to handle a myriad of licenses on a file-by-file basis.
>
> Fundamentally, I don't believe a technical solution will help to resolve
> what is essentially a legal and social issue. While it would be nice to have
> an automated tool to verify licenses, the area as a whole has a large number
> of people with greatly differing visions of what freedom is and isn't. Add in
> things like detecting non-free items embedded in otherwise free code
> and you've got something that is, at best, a very meaty research project.
>
> I would hope that others can build on our PFV work, as once we've gone
> through everything once subsequent changes are easier to deal with.
>
> Brian
>
> > > Do you mean liblicense at http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Liblicense ?
> > > That seems to be only for CC-family of licenses, and so quite useless
> > > for our use. (CC-family is so small subset of all licenses.)
> > >
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