Re: A possible GFDL compromise: a proposal
Keith Dunwoody <kstephen@interchange.ubc.ca> a tapoté :
> Mathieu Roy wrote:
> > Glenn Maynard <g_deb@zewt.org> a tapoté :
> >
> >>On Fri, Sep 12, 2003 at 10:15:57AM +0200, Mathieu Roy wrote:
> >>
> >>>>That's really "end of discussion". If this clear wordings stands also
> >>>>for the FSF, than there is nothing how the manuals can become free.
> >>>
> >>>[become free _SOFTWARE_]
> >>
> >>No, he didn't say that, he said "become free". The freedoms that are
> >>important for software are also important for documentation. This
> >>has been pointed out numerous times, and I've yet to see any interesting
> >>arguments otherwise.
> > Debian is about Free _Software_. It's pretty clear that GNU does not
> > consider that
> > political/philosophical/historical texts, which can be part of a
> > documentation, should be ruled like Free _Software_. Debian at the
> > contrary only speaks about Free _Software_ and does not
> > define how should be ruled political/philosophical/historical texts.
> > Despite the fact that many people in Debian consider that the world
> > should be ruled by the Free Software definition originated from GNU,
> > it's not something obvious and something that Free Software
> > contributors needs to believe in -- because it's out of the scope of
> > _software_, indeed, unless you pretend that any work on earth is
> > software).
> >
>
> Look, I think we're getting tired of this argument, that documentation
> distributed by Debian isn't software. Please review the mailing list
> archives for why documentation in Debian is software.
>
> -- Keith, who sincerely hopes we'll stop seeing the same arguments
> rehashed time and time again.
I think there is evidence now of the fact that this issue is not going
to be fixed in a near future, so I agree, the debate is now sterile.
Please, note that in the mail you just replied to, it was not said
that "that documentation distributed by Debian isn't software" but
that "political/philosophical/historical texts" isn't software. I did
not picked this phrasing to save time when typing.
Regards,
--
Mathieu Roy
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