On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 01:32:54AM +0000, Scott James Remnant wrote: > A fictional source package 'gnuhell' is the package of GNU Hell from > ftp.gnu.org. Like every other FSF-originated software, it follows their > rules which means a fairly standard build structure and GFDL info > documentation. > > The package as it currently stands has needed no modification and it > constists of the pristine upstream source tar file renamed to > gnuhell-1.5_orig.tar.gz, with the debian/ directory added by the > .diff.gz and nothing else changed. > > The package has already undergone Xuification which means two binary > packages are created; 'gnuhell' which contains the binary and support > files (all GPL) and 'gnuhell-doc' which contains the info documentation > (GFDL). > > Assuming the maintainer believes the GFDL is sufficiently non-free to > warrant taking pre-emptive action and removing it, what's the right > thing to do? Hey, I've been in exactly this scenario. I just punted the documentation (from the upstream source tarball as well). I don't care enough to maintain it in non-free. -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | `. `' | `- -><- |
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