Debian accepts Public Domain no? Because that is the true license of the books.
Djihed في ح، 20-05-2007 عند 15:17 +0300 ، كتب Ahmed El-Mahmoudy: > as-salamu alaykom, > On Sun, May 20, 2007 at 02:20:06PM +0300, Ahmed El-Mahmoudy wrote: > > What's missing is finishing the debian/copyright file, I need help > > with the exact paragraph about the copyright of the books. > > I was just talking to one of the Debian mentors, he said that, if the > license will be like bro Anas mentioned, > > > On Thu, May 17, 2007 at 11:50:09AM +0300, Anas Husseini wrote: > > Nobody is allowed to modify the original source of books, but it is > > possible to modify the > > copy included in Thwab if there any differences (mistakes) between the > > copy and the original > > source. Furthermore, any reference to one (or more) of Thwab-lib > > Data is not allowed unless it is copied as it is. > > then the package should be put in non-free. > Actually we should be sure wether the books are compliant with the > Debian Free Software Guidelines > (http://www.debian.org/social_contract#guidelines) > or not to decide if it is to be put in non-free or not. > > Please also have a look at this discussion: > (http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=338077) , I don't > understand if this applies to our case or not. > > Also if we should make sure if the books are indeed FDL or not. > Because if they are not, then brother Moayyad should change the > license he puts in the preface/intro of the books in thwab-data. > > These legal issues are too much for me to understand, I hope bro > Moayyad & anyone else who understand legal issues would help out. > _______________________________________________ > Developer mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.arabeyes.org/mailman/listinfo/developer -- Have a project you would like to be translated to Arabic? Let us know: http://wiki.arabeyes.org/Translation_requests Blog: http://djihed.com _______________________________________________ Developer mailing list [email protected] http://lists.arabeyes.org/mailman/listinfo/developer
