* Anthony Towns [Tue, 10 Jan 2006 16:24:47 +1000]: > On Tue, Jan 10, 2006 at 04:55:43AM +0100, Adeodato Simó wrote:
> > II. Transparent And Opaque Copies > > Section 3 (Copying in Quantity) of the GFDL states that it is not > > enough to just put a transparent copy of a document alongside with the > > opaque version when you are distributing it (which is all that you > > need to do for sources under the GPL, for example). > The way we distribute source and binaries doesn't meet this requirement; > so allowing this seems like it implies a pretty serious change to > how we manage source, one way or another. The way things works at the > moment, we'd have to interpret that as a prohibition (for our purposes) > on distributing "compiled" GFDL docs, which presumably would (for our > purposes) violate the "must allow distribution in ... compiled form" > requirement of the DFSG. Well, this assuming that distributing the source in the same directory as the "compiled" form does not satisfy the gfdl's "along with" (I'm sure some -legal person will be able to teach me proper English); but if this is the case, I don't understand why the same distribution method does magically not infringe the license terms if the section is "non-free" as oppsed to "main" ('cause stuff in non-free has to be at least legally distributable by us). IOW, why does this matter for main and not for non-free? (And if determined that it's not okay, then one can go with the "or state in or with each Opaque copy a [...] location [...] to download [...] protocols a complete Transparent copy of the Document" clause. I'd say a maintainer is taking "take reasonably prudent steps" if they include in debian/copyright (1) the upstream url, (2) the url for ftp.d.o:/pool/sourcepkg, (3) an url for archive.d.o, (4) an url for snapshot.d.n.) Cheers, -- Adeodato Simó dato at net.com.org.es Debian Developer adeodato at debian.org Listening to: Ana Belén - Puerto viejo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]