Re: Developer's Certificate of Origin

Ulrich Müller <[email protected]> Wed, 27 Nov 2024 12:48:30 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.linux.debian.devel.legal
Message-ID <[email protected]>
>>>>> On Wed, 27 Nov 2024, Soren Stoutner wrote:

> On Wednesday, November 27, 2024 2:48:51 AM MST Simon Josefsson wrote:
>> I don't follow.  Do you believe the DCO is a license text?

> Yes.  There is no question that the DCO is a license.  It says right
> in the text it is a license.

So if someone wants to include any non-free file in a package, they can
just claim in its header that it is a license, and it will be excepted
from the DFSG? That seems like a strange concept.
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