Walter Landry wrote: > Francesco Poli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hi everybody, >> I noticed that bug #384019 has been recently closed. >> The bug is about Vim's user manual, which is claimed to not comply with >> the DFSG, because is released under the Open Publication License v1.0[1] >> (with no options). >> The bug was closed because an FTP-master (James Troup) stated that the >> Open Publication License v1.0 without options is fine for main. See the >> buglog[2] for more details. > > Like it or not, the FTP-master's are the supreme court of the land. > They decide what goes in an what does not. Troup did not explain why > he thinks the OPL passes the DFSG, but I will assume that he read the > bug report. Unless you have new arguments, I think the decision is > made.
The only issue was the cover texts clause, and it was not open-ended like the one in the GFDL: it was arguably acceptable, and I guess Troup thought it was acceptable. It was such a borderline issue to start with that I'm not about to push it. -- Nathanael Nerode <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Bush admitted to violating FISA and said he was proud of it. So why isn't he in prison yet?... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
