Re: Request to use DFSG as a model document

Hello,

IMO there is a derived work of the DFSG:

https://opensource.org/osd

See:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Source_Initiative#History

Disclaimer: I am not a member of the Debian Project but interested in 
Free Software Licences.

Kind regards
Michael

Am 23.03.25 um 19:31 schrieb Francesco Poli:
> On Sun, 23 Mar 2025 04:34:43 -0400 Marcia Wilbur wrote:
> 
>> Hi. My name is Marcia Wilbur.
> 
> Hello Marcia,
> 
> [...]
>> I would like to use the Debian Free Software Guidelines document as a model
>> for my projects as well as promote DFSG or a derivative as a model for
>> other projects.
>>
>> At this point in time, the only thing I would modify is the name.
> 
> Disclaimer: I cannot speak for the Debian Project, since I have not
> been delegated to do so; I am just a Debian contributor (a Debian
> Maintainer, to be precise) who has been a regular on the debian-legal
> mailing list for quite a long time.
> 
> That said, my own personal opinion is that what you would like to do
> should not be a problem, from a conceptual standpoint.
> 
> The only trouble I see is that the document that includes the Debian
> Social Contract and the Debian Free Software Guidelines still seems to
> be under the non-free OPL license, as there is no evidence that it has
> been re-licensed (yet)...
> Please take a look at bug [#614497] for more detailed information about
> this (long) story.
> 
> [#614497]: <https://bugs.debian.org/614497>
> 
> I admit that this looks like sad news, but... it is what it is...  :-(
>