After cautiously reading you message, here are my intends about the listed files. Please correct me if you think I'm wrong.
[CRUFT] Remove from any package [NON-FREE] Move to non-free [MAIN] Keep in main [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Nathanael Nerode) writes: > Files in the /etc directory of emacs21 which may be legally problematic > follow. > > If you can't stand to read this all, the brief summary: > * As well as the ones you spotted before, > DISTRIB, GNU, MOTIVATION, and gfdl.1 are non-free. > > * There are a lot of files without any copyright or licensing information, > and upstream probably will want to fix this. I would remove a lot of these > even if they turn out to be free, as much of it is useless cruft. > > ObLicense: I hereby give permission to forward this message or any part of it > (verbatim) to anyone who you think might find it useful. > > ----- > First, an oddity: > e/eterm > -- binary included in the source tarball! Debian's general policy is > to rebuild such things. [CRUFT] Has to be rebuilt from e/eterm.ti > > ------ > Second, files with explicit license notices which aren't standard > free licenses, apart from the non-free files you already identified > (The ones you already identifed are > CENSORSHIP [NON-FREE] or [CRUFT] Shall we ever bother shiping unrelated essays? > copying.paper [NON-FREE] > INTERVIEW [NON-FREE] or [CRUFT] Shall we ever bother shiping unrelated essays? > LINUX-GNU [NON-FREE] > THE-GNU-PROJECT [NON-FREE] > WHY-FREE). [NON-FREE] It deals with software freedom, so maybe not [CRUFT] > COPYING > -- Non-free (verbatim only), but we make an exception for it because it's > the license for the program. [MAIN] > DEBUG > -- old GNU documentation license (unique copyleft). Free. [MAIN] > DISTRIB > -- Non-free. No explicit permission to make modified copies (verbatim > only). [NON-FREE] > GNU > -- Non-free. "Modified copies may not be made". [NON-FREE] > MOTIVATION > -- Non-free. Reprinted with permission, no permission to modify. [NON-FREE] or [CRUFT] This text is not related to Emacs, shall we really keep it? > OTHER.EMACSES > -- old GNU documentation license (unique copyleft). Free. [MAIN] > TUTORIAL and TUTORIAL.* > -- old GNU documentation license (unique copyleft). Free. [MAIN] > emacstool.1 > -- GFDL-licensed without Invariant Sections, Front-Cover Texts, > or Back-Cover Texts -- so considered acceptable. However, it's > also irrelevant to Debian, since it's suntools-specific, so > remove it, just so you don't have to worry about it any more. [CRUFT] > gfdl.1 > -- Licensed for distribution, but obviously this is a non-free > document ("changing it is not allowed"). We would make an exception for > it if it were the license for any part of the package. If all the > GFDL documentation is removed, it must be removed too. > [NON-FREE] > termcap.src [CRUFT] ... > BABYL [MAIN] It describes a file format used by rmail or Gnus > COOKIES > -- anonymous authorship [CRUFT] > FTP > -- almost certainly too short to have a copyright [MAIN] where to get information about how to download Emacs through FTP > HELLO > -- almost certainly not copyrightable [MAIN] > JOKES > -- This consists of a bunch of different people's email messages, apparently > without permission to reproduce forever [CRUFT] > LEDIT > -- email message from the person contributing ledit.l. Of course, > copyright and licensing is never discussed.... [CRUFT] > LPF > -- does the organization even exist anymore? [CRUFT] > MACHINES [CRUFT] > MAILINGLISTS > -- Last updated 1999.... emacs seems to be the home of cruft. [MAIN] Informative about how to reach emacs lists? > MH-E-NEWS [MAIN] still used upstream since mh-e incorporated into Emacs > MH-E-ONEWS [CRUFT] Removed upstream > MORE.STUFF [MAIN] describes available external packages for Emacs > Makefile [MAIN] used to build e/eterm > ORDERS [MAIN] > ORDERS.EUROPE > -- Don't the upstream emacs maintainers ever clean anything up? > This is pretty obsolete. > ORDERS.JAPAN > -- see ORDERS.EUROPE [CRUFT] Both removed upstream > PROBLEMS [MAIN] > README [MAIN] > SERVICE [MAIN] or [CRUFT] Where to get help about emacs? > TERMS [MAIN] > TODO [MAIN] > Xkeymap.txt [MAIN] > celibacy.1 [CRUFT] > condom.1 [CRUFT] > -- Post-1988 (1992). > e/eterm.ti > -- Not copyrightable, as a collection of "facts" about eterm. [MAIN] > echo.msg > -- Released 1985 in US without copyright notice, so public domain. [CRUFT] > emacs.bash > -- By Noah Friedman. [MAIN] might be usefull. Noah probably assigned his copyright to the FSF > emacs.csh > -- By Michael DeCorte. [MAIN] Likewise. > enriched.doc [MAIN] text sample of emacs editing capabilities > future-bug > -- Email message by Karl Fogel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. [CRUFT] > ledit.l [CRUFT] > ms-78kermit > -- Post-1988 (1989). Author "Andy Lowry". [MAIN] or [CRUFT] terminals settings > ms-kermit > -- Post-1988 (1990). Author "Robert Earl ([EMAIL PROTECTED])" [MAIN] or [CRUFT] terminals settings > sex.6 > -- Issued without copyright notice prior to 1988 (1987), > so it's in the public domain. [CRUFT] > spook.lines > -- unlikely to be copyrightable, so I would assume it is public > domain [CRUFT] > tasks.texi > -- Post-1988. Probably not subject to > general emacs license, since it seems to be very much not part of > emacs. An essentially obselete document ("last updated January 15, > 2001"). See ORDERS.EUROPE. [CRUFT] > ulimit.hack > -- Note that this is a piece of obselete junk which should > really be removed upstream. See ORDERS.EUROPE. [CRUFT] > yow.lines > -- large numbers of quotations from Bill Griffith's Zippy comics, > without permission. There are so damn many of them that it > worries me. (Unlike the other lists, which don't consist entirely > of work by one author.) I'd remove it. Any other people want > to weigh in? [CRUFT] > And the license-free graphics files. These probably have a better > claim to be "part of emacs" and under the general license than the > rest, because there's no place to put a separate license statement > in these files. > > emacs.icon > emacs.xbm > gnu.xpm > gnus-pointer.xbm > gnus-pointer.xpm > gnus.pbm > gnus.xpm > letter.xbm > splash.pbm > splash.xpm > splash8.xpm [MAIN] I think they are GPL. Thanks! -- Jérôme Marant