Re: Inconsistencies in our approach
Dylan Thurston asked:
>In article <[🔎] 20030808050455.GA17321@twcny.rr.com>, Nathanael Nerode wrote:
>> OK. How about a GR saying "We will not accept anything non-free in
>> main, except for the preamble of the GPL. ..."
>>...
>> I bet a lot of people would be satisfied by the following more general
>> statement as a GR. This seems to correspond to the viewpoint I've seen
>> taken about license texts.
>>
>> "License texts, copyright notices, warranty disclaimers, and other
>> legal notices, are not a particularly desired part of any software
>> distribution. ..."
>
>Is the Preamble to the GPL a legal notice?
Well, it is (part of) a license text; it's a notice which Debian is
required to distribute for purely legal reasons; so yes, I think is a
legal notice. If you'd prefer the removal of the word 'other' so as to
remove the implication that all license texts are legal notices, feel
free.
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Nathanael Nerode <neroden at gcc.gnu.org>
http://home.twcny.rr.com/nerode/neroden/fdl.html
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