The only problem with it is that, at least in the past, there were no qualifications to join it, so you got lots of "legal opinions" from people that weren't necessarily grounded in any sort of actual ... reality.
In any event though, Debian is awesome, and an extremely impressive volunteer effort.
http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/1998/11/msg02560.html
The only problem with it is that, at least in the past, there were no qualifications to join it, so you got lots of "legal opinions" from people that weren't necessarily grounded in any sort of actual ... reality.
In any event though, Debian is awesome, and an extremely impressive volunteer effort.