RE: SURVEY: Is the GNU FDL a DFSG-free license?

[Craig Sanders <cas@taz.net.au>]

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Part 1. DFSG-freeness of the GNU Free Documentation License 1.2

  Please mark with an "X" the item that most closely approximates your
  opinion.  Mark only one.

  [   ]  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.

  [ X ]  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.

  [   ]  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.

  [   ]  None of the above statements approximates my opinion.

Part 2. Status of Respondent

  Please mark with an "X" the following item only if it is true.

  [ X ]  I am a Debian Developer as described in the Debian
         Constitution as of the date on this survey.

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comments:  documentation is not software.  DFSG refers to software, not to
documentation, hence it is not possible for a documentation license to be
incompatible - it is outside of the DFSG's terms of reference.

please please please lets waste another few years quibbling about trivia.  i
suggest a more interesting topic this time, one which has still not been
resolved after many centuries of earnest debate: just how many angels CAN dance
on the head of a pin?

craig

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