Re: perlfaq license
On Tue, May 26, 1998 at 12:06:11PM -0700, David Welton wrote:
> On Tue, May 26, 1998 at 11:20:26AM +0300, Fabrizio Polacco wrote:
> > On Sun, May 24, 1998 at 07:10:45PM +0100, Edward Betts wrote:
>
> changed. Do we want people changing it willy nilly for anything
> whatsoever and still calling it the Debian Policy?
No, we can force them to mark the document clearly as being changed without
violating the DFSG.
> Do we want to allow people to use pieces of it they like?
Yes.
> Do we want to allow it to be translated?
Yes, and it should be marked as a literal translation of the original
document that may contain errors (or as a changed version if it is not a
valid translation).
> Maybe someone needs to come up with a DGPL, for
> Documentation GPL.
Neat idea.
> Maybe something requiring that the name be
> changed?
I for myself would be satisfied by a clear sign that it was changed.
However, I could understand the wish to have the name changed (we also allow
this fro software in the dfsg).
> I'm not sure about the specifics, but I thought I'd toss the
> idea out for discussion.
I think we need the same rights for documentation as for software, for the
same purpose.
Marcus
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