Michael Olson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Due to Debian's unfortunate and ill-advised decision (in my opinion) > to effectively remove all GFDL'd documentation from their > distribution, I will not distribute the Muse manual in Debian at all > once this licensing change is complete (I will absolutely forbid it, > to the extent that I am reasonably able, from being distributed as > part of Debian's "non-free" section). I will, however, provide a > Ubuntu package that contains both the Muse source and the manual. > Again, this will happen in future releases and release candidates, and > not this particular release candidate.
Have you considered the possibility of dual-licensing the docs? I understand that the GFDL is controversial, and also that the FSF is going with it. Would it be possible to dual-license it GPL/GFDL, or something like that? That would make it possible to include it in debian-main, and make it legal for folks other than the FSF (i.e., other than the copyright holder) to include bits of it in doc strings and include code snippets in the docs. Disclaimer: I was involved in the discussions on debian-legal about the GFDL, arguing that it was non-free. But the issue's been done to death, so I'm not going to argue the merits of the GFDL. If anyone really wants to know, I can provide links that explain the "GFDL isn't free" position -- or you check google. Blrgh. I *really* am upset that my first post on this list is about a licensing issue.... I really, really like muse and planner both. I've been using them for some time now, both for planing, and as a way of writing essays & keeping notes (with remember). I very much appreciate the work you & others have done on it. -- Jeremy Hankins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PGP fingerprint: 748F 4D16 538E 75D6 8333 9E10 D212 B5ED 37D0 0A03 _______________________________________________ Muse-el-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/muse-el-discuss
