On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 09:44:11AM +0100, Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña wrote: > (Note: I'm sending this to debian-legal in case somebody wants to jump into > this discussion and shed some light) > > (Some background: ldp-es-200002103-7 which fixes RC bugs, was not > accepted in the archive due to the license of the original work, not > of the translations, which is the only documentation provided by this > package). > [...] > > | Permission to reproduce this document in whole or in part is > > | subject to the following conditions: > > | -The copyright notice remains intact and is included. > > | -If you make money with it the authors want a share. > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > | -The authors are not responsible for any harm that might arise > > | by the use of it. > Note that translations do not share the same copyright as the original works. So what? [...] > In this case (this package) some documents might hold different licenses that > *do not* apply to this package. Only the GPL does. No, if any part of the package has a copyright license that is not DFSG-free, the package is not DFSG-free. Contrary to popular delusion and FUD, the GPL does not supersede the licensing on any work (unless the person who holds the copyright on a work says so). -- G. Branden Robinson | Debian GNU/Linux | Music is the brandy of the damned. branden@debian.org | -- George Bernard Shaw http://people.debian.org/~branden/ |
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