> > > Because the requirement for main is that it satisfy all of our free > > > software guidelines. As I understand it, GFDL does not properly satisfy > > > guideline #3.
> > It's a requirement that all the programs in main satisfy the requirements > > of the DFSG. At present it's not a requirement that the text of copyright > > licenses, or documentation satisfy the requirements of the DFSG. On Fri, Jan 23, 2004 at 03:55:52PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > [For the record] I disagree that documentation does not need to > satisfy the requirements of the DFSG. Bruce Perens has also stated > that when he wrote the damn thing, he meant "all the stuff that goes > on the CD" by "software". On Sat, Jan 24, 2004 at 05:06:24AM +0000, Andrew Suffield wrote: > I don't think it's at all relevant to the current discussion, > though. Either GFDL-licensed stuff can go in main or it can't; either > non-free will be there or it won't, and neither of those two decisions > alone can compel "Can Debian distribute GFDL-licensed stuff?" to be > "No". Yep. Neither of those two decisions alone. However, taken together, the outcome would be rather inevitale. > I can only presume that Raul is trying to appeal to people who want to > drop non-free, who want to get GFDL-licensed stuff out of main, and > who want to keep GFDL-licensed stuff. That's nuts. It's my observation that a number of people have inconsistent outlooks on various aspects of the non-free issue. For example, consider the thread which contains repeated claims about human ethics and the evilness non-free software. The only way I know of to address these sorts of inconsistencies involves examples. > (Or spread FUD) This is the third time I've seen you use the term FUD on this list in reference to my posts. In no case do you seem to justify your use of the term (What's the fear? What's the uncertainty? What's the doubt?) Of the three cases, this is probably the least objectionable (after all, I am talking about potential outcomes, and a discussion of possibilities might be considered fud). However, if you're going to accuse me of something I'd really prefer you'd be more specific. Thanks, -- Raul
