![]() ![]() ![]() It also goes against the Creative Commons people's guidance on the matter: A business should be able to use any program in Debian without checking its license. We want businesses to be able to use Debian for their computing needs. > Q: Can I say "You must not use the program for commercial purposes"? Because everyone can download the CD images and start producing their own disks, competition ensures that nobody will make an undeserved fortune distributing Debian. For-profit distribution is the most reliable and convenient way to ensure that Debian disks are easily available everywhere where there is a demand. > For many users buying Debian on disks is more convenient (and cheaper) than downloading. We can only include programs whose authors allow this. We want Debian to be distributed by for-profit CD vendors and improved by corporate resellers. > Q: Can I say "You must not charge money for distributing the program"? For example, it may not restrict the program from being used in a business, or from being used for genetic research.ĭitto the Debian Free Software Guidelines: > The license must not restrict anyone from making use of the program in a specific field of endeavor. No Discrimination Against Fields of Endeavor The NonCommercial part makes it incompatible with the Open Source Definition:Ħ. "Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Public License" ![]()
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