Re: The GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) and /usr/share/common-licenses
>>"Dale" == Dale Scheetz <dwarf@polaris.net> writes:
Dale> On Sat, 6 Apr 2002, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
>> >>"Dale" == Dale Scheetz <dwarf@polaris.net> writes:
Dale> There are an ever growing number of packages that make use of
Dale> the GNU Free Documentation License. Isn't it about time to put
Dale> a copy of this license into the common reference area?
>> Depends. Would you say that at least 1% of Debian packages use
>> a license before it be deemed ``common''? How many packages use this
>> license, then?
Dale> I can't answer any of your questions ;-)
Well, since there are these other issues being raised
(specificcally, the concern that GFDL may not meet the DFSG [I happen
to disagree with that statement, for what that counts for]), we
should wait for the dust to settle down before moving things into an
area designated for common, free, licenses, don't you think?
manoj
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