Re: Documentation and Sarge's Release Critical Policy
Walter Landry <wlandry@ucsd.edu> wrote:
> Adam Warner <lists@consulting.net.nz> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > [message BCCed to aj]
> >
> > 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.
>
> Why can't the offending packages just be moved to non-free? It isn't
> like there hasn't been enough warning.
I would guess that's because we haven't committed to a decision yet.
:-(
> > Given the aggressive (and endearingly optimistic) timetable of releasing
> > Sarge this December[0!] I support this pragmatic decision.
>
> Pragmatism is not the defining principle of the DFSG.
With you 100%.
Peter
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