Bug#192748: Debian WWW Pages License is incompatible with the GNU GPL

[Josip Rodin <joy@srce.hr>]

On Mon, May 12, 2003 at 08:01:35PM +0900, Tatsuya Kinoshita wrote:
> >  Our guidelines doesn't enforce being compatible with the GPL. There are
> > quite some packages in main that are not compatible with the GPL.
> 
> Right.  This is my wish, so I set Severity to "wishlist" already.

Okay, we get that, but what is the benefit of being compatible with the GPL?
Is it e.g. impossible to distribute copies of our web pages with
GPL-licensed programs?

I'm asking because we're quite unlikely to ever fulfil such a wish unless
some strong reason for it. It's not trivial to track down each and every
person who ever submitted stuff to the web pages and ACK a licence change.

(Overriding Mail-Followup-To: because I can't seem to find you on either
debian-www list membership list or the PTS...)

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