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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Gentle People,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2> I have released some software under a modified IBM Public</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>License. The powers that be at Debian Linux are stating</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>that the license, and thus the IBM Public License, does not</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>meet their definition of "free". I've included the Debian</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>definition of "free" below. My modifications to the IBM</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Public License are so slight that you can assume that my</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>license is equivalent to the IBM License.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2> Given the Debian Free Software Guidelines below,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>shouldn't any Open Source Approved License pass the</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Debian test?</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Carter</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>The Debian Free Software Guidelines</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2> 1. Free Redistribution</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2> The license of a Debian component may not restrict any party from</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2> selling or giving away the software as a component of an aggregate</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2> software distribution containing programs from several different</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2> sources. The license may not require a royalty or other fee for such</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2> sale.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2> 2. Source Code</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2> The program must include source code, and must allow distribution in</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2> source code as well as compiled form.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2> 3. Derived Works</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2> The license must allow modifications and derived works, and must allow</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2> them to be distributed under the same terms as the license of the</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2> original software.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2> 4. Integrity of The Author's Source Code</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2> The license may restrict source-code from being distributed in modified</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2> form _only if the license allows the distribution of "patch files" with</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2> the source code for the purpose of modifying the program at build time.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2> The license must explicitly permit distribution of software built from</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2> modified source code. The license may require derived works to carry a</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2> different name or version number from the original software. (This is a</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2> compromise. The Debian group encourages all authors to not restrict any</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2> files, source or binary, from being modified.)</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2> 5. No Discrimination Against Persons or Groups</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2> The license must not discriminate against any person or group of</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2> persons.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2> 6. No Discrimination Against Fields of Endeavor</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2> The license must not restrict anyone from making use of the program in</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2> a specific field of endeavor. For example, it may not restrict the</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2> program from being used in a business, or from being used for genetic</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2> research.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2> 7. Distribution of License</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2> The rights attached to the program must apply to all to whom the</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2> program is redistributed without the need for execution of an</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2> additional license by those parties.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2> 8. License Must Not Be Specific to Debian</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2> The rights attached to the program must not depend on the program's</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2> being part of a Debian system. If the program is extracted from Debian</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2> and used or distributed without Debian but otherwise within the terms</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2> of the program's license, all parties to whom the program is</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2> redistributed should have the same rights as those that are granted in</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2> conjunction with the Debian system.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2> 9. License Must Not Contaminate Other Software</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2> The license must not place restrictions on other software that is</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2> distributed along with the licensed software. For example, the license</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2> must not insist that all other programs distributed on the same medium</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2> must be free software.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2> 10. Example Licenses</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2> The "GPL", "BSD", and "Artistic" licenses are examples of licenses that</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2> we consider "free".</FONT>
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