On Wed, Dec 04, 2002 at 06:43:08AM -0600, Colin Watson wrote: > On Wed, Dec 04, 2002 at 05:45:09AM +0000, Brian M. Carlson wrote: > > Package: glibc > > Version: unavailable; reported 2002-12-04 > > Severity: serious > > Justification: Policy 2.1.1, 2.1.2 > > > > debian-legal has recently decided that the GNU Free Documentation > > License is non-free. Therefore, at least libc.info* must be removed from > > the package. > > Despite its coverage in DWN, I don't think that the discussion has > reached anywhere near the level of conclusiveness to merit the filing of > serious bugs yet. As far as I can see, all that happened was that Walter > Landry decided that it contained a non-free clause ("may not use > technical measures to obstruct or control ..."), and nobody disagreed > right away. Personally I cannot see how that clause can be read as a use > restriction (it explicitly talks about "the copies you make or > distribute"), and I don't think the clause mentioned is qualitatively > different from the GPL's restrictions on distribution. I don't read DWN (at least not very often). Also, IIRC, Branden Robinson agreed, and I also concur (although I am not a DD). The section 4K also makes it non-free in addition because you may not substantially alter the Ode to My Goldfish. :-) Also, if the History section contains anything but the normal changelog, then the license is also non-free. It is begging to be abused. In addition, there is the point of the Sun RPC code, which is totally unrelated and would, on its face, merit filing a serious bug anyway. -- Brian M. Carlson <sandals@crustytoothpaste.ath.cx> 0x560553e7 "Let us think the unthinkable, let us do the undoable. Let us prepare to grapple with the ineffable itself, and see if we may not eff it after all." --Douglas Adams
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