discuss: Debian-free licenses was Re: modifiability of docs: final decision
Subject:
Re: Debian-free licenses was Re: modifiability of docs: final decision
From:
doug jensen ####@####.####
Date:
10 Mar 2005 07:34:12 -0000
Message-Id: <20050310073339.GA23774@debian>
On Wed, Mar 09, 2005 at 10:49:34AM -0800, David Lawyer wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 09, 2005 at 01:36:53PM -0700, doug jensen wrote:
> > > Quoting Emma Jane Hogbin ####@####.####
> > >
> > On Sat, Mar 05, 2005 at 01:08:45PM -0800, Rick Moen wrote:
> > > "Debian as a general rule devolves judgements about licensing to the
> > > maintainers of individual packages. In theory, they apply the
> > > Debian Free Software Guidelines (link) to such decisions. They are
> > > encouraged but not required to consult views expressed on the
> > > debian-legal mailing list (link), but then make up their own minds.
> > > Regardless, the upshot would be to land your document in either the
> > > main or non-free package collection, nothing worse."
>
> As far as I know, Debian doesn't have any non-free packages anymore, at
> least not in their new versions. It's about time! I just downloaded
> the regular package and it said during installation (on the screen) that
> it was removing my non-free stuff. But, surprise surprise, the non-free
> docs now seem to be in the standard doc packages: doc-linux and
> doc-linux-html. So according to Debian, everything we have is OK (I
> said OK, not free). So let's say nothing about Debian in the Author
> Guide since they are accepting everything we have in the same package.
>
> David Lawyer
>
> PS: In view of the above, the questions of Debian governance are a moot
> point as far as the Author Guide is concerned. But I've seen some
> things in the past regarding Debian policy which I've been quite
> critical of, so I would not necessarily discount what Rick Moen said.
>
> BTW, the new packages are both version 2004.11-l. One is text and the
> other html. They replace the obsolete non-free packages per the package
> list. I use the "testing" packages.
I found a non-free package for doc-linux-nonfree in testing the version
was 2005.01-1. I didn't test it though, but I assume it has the nonfree
documents in it. I looked at the changelog file, it doesn't show any
change like the one you suggest.
--
Doug Jensen
