On Wed, 2005-04-13 at 04:44 -0400, Erinn Clark wrote: > * GFDL non-freeness > Another GR which I don't remember being around for, but basically the > GFDL isn't considered DFSG-free either to the chagrin or joy of some > people. Debian has a position statement[2].
This isn't quite true - it's just a consequence of the social contract GR. If the GFDL is measured against the DFSG, then it's fairly uncontroversially non-free. Various people would prefer us not to judge documentation against the DFSG, though currently there a) hasn't been a very good way of defining documentation (you get into all sorts of trouble with things like literate code) b) hasn't been a very good set of "Debian Free Documentation Guidelines" written c) hasn't been a very good justification for why documentation shouldn't be treated in the same way as code, as far as freedom is concerned The position statement is also a draft - we haven't adopted any sort of official public position yet. -- Matthew Garrett | [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
