[OSGeo-Standards] OGC XML schemas and FOSS4G software distribution

[Greg Troxel]

Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com> writes:

> It looks like the technical limitation (do not use the same namespace) is
> getting in the way of software terms. Perhaps it could be relaxed to "do
> not publish under the same namespace" (allowing its use in pycsw for
> internal validation).

I suspect Debian's issue is about following the DFSG, and having the
right to make changes, rather than that they actually *want* to make
changes now.   I maintain some packages in pkgsrc (multi-OS packaging
system), and there we require non-Free licenses to be identified, which
prevents building of the package by default.  But often Debian is in the
lead for identifying these sorts of issues.

Also, if you said "permission granted under copyright law, but we ask as
a courtesy that you not do X", that's probably ok with Debian (I can't
speak for them, but it would not be an issue in pkgsrc).
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