On Wed, May 07, 2003 at 08:48:26AM +0200, Josselin Mouette wrote: > Le mer 07/05/2003 à 08:12, Branden Robinson a écrit : > > I think before Debian puts anything in main it should remove any > > invariant sections from the work, just as we do with non-free source > > code. I once had a big old nasty flamewar with the FTP admins that > > was tangentially related to this point, but the FTP admins and I agreed > > that having non-free source code in a package's .orig.tar.gz was > > unacceptable even if it wasn't "used for anything" and did not appear in > > any binary packages. > > By removing invariant sections, don't we simply violate the GFDL ? Only if the work is licensed under the GNU FDL in the first place[1]. You appear to have ignored or misunderstood the meaning of my second paragraph, which you did not quote. > > In other words, invariant sections (small I, small S) are not DFSG-free, > > but the removal of invariant sections from a work may be sufficient to > > render it DSFG-free. [1] or other terms which forbid the removal of pieces of the work -- G. Branden Robinson | The National Security Agency is Debian GNU/Linux | working on the Fourth Amendment branden@debian.org | thing. http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | -- Phil Lago, Deputy XD, CIA
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