Bug#583141: gcc-doc: claims "Invariant Sections" in the manpage that are not actually present: isn't the manpage DFSG free?

[Matthias Klose <doko@debian.org>]

On 25.05.2010 19:58, Török Edwin wrote:
> Package: gcc-doc
> Version: 5:2
> Severity: normal
>
>
> The gcc manpage says "with the Invariant Sections being "GNU General Public License" and "Funding Free Software"", however
> neither "GNU General Public License", nor "Funding Free Software" appears in the manpage itself, hence the manpage can be
> considered as not having any invariant sections.
>
> The DFSG FAQ says "Data licensed under the FDL with no invariant sections are considered DFSG-free as of GR 2006-001".
>
> Could the manpage be moved back to the main archive? (probably by putting it
> into the gcc package itself, or into another package?)

no, look at the upstream file gcc/doc/invoke.texi, with its explicit license.

Ubuntu does ship the manual pages including the (invariant) fsf-funding(7) 
manual page.  Just refactoring fsf-funding(7) into it's own manpage doesn't make 
the *(1) man pages invariant-free.

  Matthias