Re: Documentation and Sarge's Release Critical Policy

[Dylan Thurston <dpt@math.harvard.edu>]

In article <[🔎] 1061356376.1214.178.camel@work.consulting.net.nz>, Adam Warner wrote:
> So what's your timeline for migration? Move Emacs into non-free today?
> The .orig.tar.gz files contain what we consider non-DFSG-free files, and
> .orig.tar.gz files in main and contrib are supposed to meet the DFSG.
> With a migration plan, Emacs _the program_ has a chance of staying in
> Debian.
> 
> Regards,
> Adam
> 
> emacs21_21.3.orig.tar.gz:
> 
> etc/emacs.1:under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1
> ...

Not too mention all the clearly non-free cruft under etc/ (including
various essays, like etc/LINUX-GNU, allowing only verbatim copying).
See Bug #154043.

Peace,
	Dylan