Package: id-utils Version: 4.5-3 Severity: serious Justification: Policy 2.2.1 User: debian-rele...@lists.debian.org Usertags: nonfree-doc gfdl
Hello, according to bug #644131 [1], the info documentation shipped with this package (/usr/share/info/idutils.info.gz and id-utils-4.5/doc/idutils.info) is licensed under the terms of the GFDL v1.3 or later *with* Front-Cover and Back-Cover Texts. [1] http://bugs.debian.org/644131 According to GR-2006-001 [2], only GFDL-licensed "works that don't include any Invariant Sections, Cover Texts, Acknowledgements, and Dedications (or that do, but permission to remove them is explicitly granted), are suitable for the main component of our distribution." [2] http://www.debian.org/vote/2006/vote_001 As a consequence, I think that this info documentation cannot be included in a package shipped in Debian main. If the copyright holder cannot be persuaded to re-license, or dual-license, in a DFSG-free manner (which is unlikely, given the track record of the FSF on this front... but please note that there's an alternative method [3]), it is my understanding that the only solutions left are: A) remove the info documentation from the package B) move the info documentation to a separate source package to be shipped in non-free [3] http://bugs.debian.org/281639#48 Please fix this issue. Thanks for your time. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
