Re: [Fwd: Re: Bug#304316: section non-free/doc]
On Thu, Apr 21, 2005 at 10:33:02PM -0700, Michael K. Edwards wrote:
> Legally, I can't modify a glibc API and then paste my revisions into
> the glibc documentation, because my changes truly are a work derived
> from GPL material and can't be amalgamated with GFDL material. I
> think this is an unacceptable situation, and that (in addition to
> other problems with the GFDL) Debian shouldn't distribute in main
> documents that can't legally be kept up to date with non-trivial
> modifications to the programs they describe.
I agree in principle, but that sounds hard to describe and implement
consistently.
--
Glenn Maynard
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