From: Jorgen S. <fo...@fo...> - 2005-08-12 00:33:24
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Michael Olson <mw...@gn...> writes: > Jorgen Schaefer <fo...@fo...> writes: > >> Unless you use invariant sections, there is no problem with the >> DFSG. There are a few further bugs in the GFDL, but those are >> clearly bugs, so they don't affect DFSG-ness. > > Quoting from > http://people.debian.org/~srivasta/Position_Statement.html: > >> The GNU FDL, as it stands today, does not meet the Debian Free >> Software Guidelines. There are significant problems with the >> license, as detailed above; and, as such, we cannot accept works >> licensed [under] the GNU FDL into our distribution. > > From that text, it seems like *no* GFDL'd documentation can be > included with Debian, even if it lacks invariant sections. I hope I'm > mistaken. Yes, you are, though the paragraph is confusing (it's an older document). The current position (as far as I know, as a Debian developer) is to mark all GFDL packages which include invariant sections non-free, not others. Greetings, -- Jorgen =2D-=20 ((email . "fo...@fo...") (www . "http://www.forcix.cx/") (gpg . "1024D/028AF63C") (irc . "nick forcer on IRCnet")) |