On Thu, Apr 06, 2006 at 09:04:35AM +0200, Josselin Mouette wrote: > After the vote of GR 2006-001, we end up with an unclear situation about > the GNU Free Documentation License. While documents using this license > are considered free provided they don't use invariant sections, the DFSG > don't contain the necessary modifications. Therefore, I'm proposing the > following general resolution: > > ====== > Following the result to GR 2006-001, the following modifications will be > made to the Debian Free Software Guidelines: > > At the end of DFSG #2, the following text should be added: > "The license may restrict distribution to some kinds of media if > it is still possible to distribute the source code and compiled > code together on at least one machine-readable medium."
Could you please explain why this amendment is necessary? The current clause #2 does not appear to prevent this restriction so I don't understand why we need to explicitly allow it. > At the end of DFSG #6, the following text should be added: > "As a special exception, the license may forbid use of > technical measures to restrict access or use of the software > itself." Could you please explain why this amendment is necessary also? The current clause #6 does not appear to prevent this restriction either. I asked this same question before the last GR and nobody replied, despite claims that these exemptions were necessary. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
