Bug#100188: Status of 'debian-glossary'?

[Oleksandr Gavenko <gavenkoa@gmail.com>]

Hi!

I found excellent resource with list of Debian acronyms:

  http://www.witch.westfalen.de/debian/dicts/

and:

  http://wiki.debian.org/Glossary

and bug:

  http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=100188
                 collect often-used acronyms somewhere

Most frustrating thins is why Debian have no 'debian-glossary' package??

I will be glad if we have package with dictionaries in Dict format. Most
dictionaries software understand this format.

Also it is good to host those files at official resource (like
alioth.debian.org) in case of inclusion to Debian package.

For me unclear copyright status of acronyms collection. As I understand some
string - just copied from one of:

  debian-faq
  sysadmin-guide
  debian-reference-en
  developers-reference
  maint-guide
  debian-policy
  packaging-tutorial
  debian-refcard

which are covered by GPL2, GPL2+, FDL, and other conditions.

International copyright low (Berne copyright convention) seems doesn't provide
concepts of extracting parts for dictionaries and encyclopedias. Some analogs
of "fair use" spread in most countries but with non-equal conditions...

Also I would be glad add Russian translation but only when get better
understand of copyright status of:

  http://www.witch.westfalen.de/debian/ddict/dicts/debian/html/

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Best regards!