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Re: Bug#283717: hasciicam: enhance Description



Op wo, 01-12-2004 te 16:44 +0100, schreef jaromil:
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> On Wed, Dec 01, 2004 at 03:43:29PM +0100, Christoph Berg wrote:
> > Re: jaromil in <[🔎] 20041201094756.GI17346@dyne.org>
> > > in case you are an arrogant person (i don't mean you are, i just don't
> > > know you at all) then consider that the GNU FDL license applied to the
> > > manual and documentation of hasciicam requires: the Invariant Sections
> > > being NAME, SYNOPSIS, DESCRIPTION, AUTHOR
> > 
> > May I suggest to move the package to non-free then?
> 
> may i suggest to move the package out of Debian then?

Well, non-free isn't part of Debian, so...

That said, the Debian project considers the GFDL to be non-free,
especially when invariant sections are being used (but still so if they
are not). It's just that for the Sarge release, we won't throw
GFDL-licensed works out yet.

[...]
> ok now please be careful:
> i'm talking about correctness and respect!

Good for you.

We, on the other hand, are talking about license freeness. Even though
the FSF considers the GFDL to be a Free license, Debian does not. It has
nothing to do with respect.

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