On Mon, 2003-09-22 at 10:46, Brian T. Sniffen wrote: > Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> writes: > > > > If the GPL were used, it would have to be accompanied by 6 pages > > > of additional invariant material. That is still bigger than the > > > reference card. Do you object to the GPL on these grounds? > > > > There's a critical difference here. The GPL can accompany the > > reference card. The invariant material must be in the reference card. > > > > I explained months ago, and again last week, why this is not so. > > Hunh. Perhaps, if the DRM and Transparent Format issues are resolved, > the Emacs Manual can go in Contrib with a dependency on the invariant > sections in a separate volume of the document in non-free. Would that > satisfy your interpretation of the GFDL? contrib is guaranteed to be free software, and thus meet the DFSG. A distributor should be able to package up main and contrib, and have a good idea of what permissions they have w.r.t. that source code. Your suggestion would mandate distribution of non-free (or parts of it) with any distribution of contrib. contrib is meant for circumventing "technical" requirements like shared libraries. The GFDL is a legal requirement. -- Joe Wreschnig <piman@debian.org>
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