[This really should have go to debian-legal.] From: Stefan Hornburg (Racke) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> I'll like to package the Interchange documentation. The source code > is available seperately from the Interchange software and has > the following licensing: > > ---snip--- > The documentation (including the printed books available for purchase) > follows Red Hat's customary documentation licensing, which is this: > > Copyright 2001 by Red Hat, Inc. This material may be distributed only > subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Open Publication > License, V1.0 or later (the latest version is presently available at > http://www.opencontent.org/openpub/). > > Distribution of substantively modified versions of this document is > prohibited without the explicit permission of the copyright holder. > > Distribution of the work or derivative of the work in any standard (paper) > book form for commercial purposes is prohibited unless prior permission is > obtained from the copyright holder. > > (end) > > In other words, both license options A and B were included. > ---snip--- > > IMHO opinion, this license isn't DFSG-compatible and the doc's > package has go into non-free, right ? The license isn't DFSG-compatible, and it should arguably go in non-free. However, there is documentation with comparable licenses in main. There is a semi-regular flame war over the subject, but no one has ever pushed to a head. There is, however, an existing serious bug on the matter: 92810. The decision is up to you (so long as the ftp-masters don't objec.t) -- David Starner - [EMAIL PROTECTED] "The pig -- belongs -- to _all_ mankind!" - Invader Zim
