Greetings, and thanks for this! Adam Warner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Tue, 2004-06-22 at 07:50, Camm Maguire wrote: > > Greetings! Can anyone comment on the DFSG status of the material at: > > > > ftp://parcftp.xerox.com/pub/cl > > > > ? Please cc: me directly. > > Hi Camm. This is an earlier answer from the X3J13 Project Editor, Kent M > Pitman. It is as definitive as you can get without further evidence > being made public: > <http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=sfwr84z4dnq.fsf%40shell01.TheWorld.com> > > I am personally prepared to rely upon the Common Lisp community > understanding that they are public domain documents. > > Whether the Debian project is similarly prepared to accept the > uncertainty is their decision. I suggest the Debian project is > relatively safe continuing to distribute gcl-doc and gclcvs-doc which > include these unofficial sources. > It would be nice for those in the know/responsible for Debian's legal understanding to put forth a consensus on this. Others have suggested the possible usefulness of contacting others on the committee. I have a call into one such person. But given this statement, this course might be a waste of time. Thoughts? > Just remember than you should never use the HyperSpec nor the official > ANSI Common Lisp standard as source as these are both clearly copyright > and distribution is encumbered. > Indeed -- we don't and never will. > Regards, > Adam > > > > -- Camm Maguire [EMAIL PROTECTED] ========================================================================== "The earth is but one country, and mankind its citizens." -- Baha'u'llah
