Thorsten Froehlich wrote:

> In article <3901a05b@news.povray.org> , "Bill DeWitt"
> <the### [at] earthlinknet> wrote:
>
> >
> > "Rene Horn" <haw### [at] crosswindsnet> wrote in message
> > news:390### [at] crosswindsnet...
> >> I'm wondering why the POV license doesn't conform to the Debian Free
> >> Software Guidelines
> >
> >     Because it is their work and they don't want to...?
> >
>
> It should also be clear that POV-Ray is _older_ (1991) than the Debian
> license (1997) - a lot of people tend to forget that free(ware) software did
> not start with Linux and its distributions.
>
>       Thorsten
>
> PS: The usual disclaimer applies. Speaking for myself, not for the team.

I know, I just think that it's maybe a time for a change.  I realize that
POV-Ray is older and my hope in posting this is that the creators might think
about that.

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ndogg
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Justice only comes when the perpetrator understands and changes.
Repentence comes with the understanding and change.

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