On Tue, Aug 19, 2003 at 09:52:00PM +1200, Adam Warner wrote: > I wanted you all to be aware how Sarge is treating Documentation and the > DFSG: <http://people.debian.org/~ajt/sarge_rc_policy.txt> > > Documentation in main and contrib must be freely distributable, > and wherever possible should be under a DFSG-free license. This > will likely become a requirement post-sarge. > > What this means is that even though people like myself have argued that > all software (including its associated documentation) in main and > contrib should be DFSG-free, the fact that some documentation is not > DFSG-free should not hold up the release of Sarge. > > If release critical bugs are filed against the DFSG-freeness of > documentation then it is likely the bug report should be also tagged > "sarge-ignore" [after explicit authorisation from the release manager, > note the authorisiation typo in sarge_rc_policy.txt]. > > Given the aggressive (and endearingly optimistic) timetable of releasing > Sarge this December[0!] I support this pragmatic decision. I challenge the right of any individual to override the social contract (without even discussion, let alone consensus or the necessary GR), for any reason. -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | `. `' | `- -><- |
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