Re: SURVEY: Is the GNU FDL a DFSG-free license?
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> Part 1. DFSG-freeness of the GNU Free Documentation License 1.2
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> Please mark with an "X" the item that most closely approximates your
> opinion. Mark only one.
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> [ ] The GNU Free Documentation License, version 1.2, as published
> by the Free Software Foundation, is not a license compatible
> with the Debian Free Software Guidelines. Works under this
> license would require significant additional permission
> statements from the copyright holder(s) for a work under this
> license to be considered Free Software and thus eligible for
> inclusion in the Debian OS.
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> [ ] The GNU Free Documentation License, version 1.2, as published
> by the Free Software Foundation, is a license compatible
> with the Debian Free Software Guidelines. In general, works
> under this license would require no additional permission
> statements from the copyright holder(s) for a work under this
> license to be considered Free Software and thus eligible for
> inclusion in the Debian OS.
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> [ X ] The GNU Free Documentation License, version 1.2, as published
> by the Free Software Foundation, can be a license compatible
> with the Debian Free Software Guidelines, but only if certain
> restrictions stated in the license are not exercised by the
> copyright holder with respect to a given work. Works under
> this license will have to be scrutinized on a case-by-case
> basis for us to determine whether the work can be be considered
> Free Software and thus eligible for inclusion in the Debian OS.
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> [ ] None of the above statements approximates my opinion.
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> Part 2. Status of Respondent
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> Please mark with an "X" the following item only if it is true.
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> [ X ] I am a Debian Developer as described in the Debian
> Constitution as of the date on this survey.
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I don't regard Software and Documentation as comparable in the general
case and I think the Debian Project should be open to the idea that
Free Software in general and the Project and its Users in particular
benefits from having the possibility to apply certain restrictions to
documentation. Even so, these restrictions should not be accepted
because of the specific documentation they apply to, but defined by
previous discussion.
Marcelo
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