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Re: FYI: GNU Emacs Manual to be moved to non-free



En réponse à Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@glug.org>:

> Jérôme Marant <jerome.marant@free.fr> writes:
> 
>      (if Debian decides to apply
>      DFSG to documentation).
> 
> that is the crux of the problem.  guess i'll stick w/ debian for most
> things, but /usr/local installation for emacs -- this has worked well
> for awhile now.  i feel there is no point arguing the applicability of

But you loose the advantage of dependencies, don't you?
Maybe stow can handle this?

> DFSG to documentation (IMHO it is not applicable); if people want to

Yes, this is the point of the debate.

> avoid the tricky problem of harmonizing licenses and instead go for
> the
> simpler reject-all-that-is-not-ours immune system repsonse, that's
> their
> business.

Isn't it also the users' business?

> the root of ethical behavior does not lie in the prevailing legal
> environment, nor in the actions of others.

Sure.

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Jérôme Marant <jerome.marant@free.fr>



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