Re: Bug#323099: no longer a bug.
Mike O'Connor <stew@vireo.org>
> The only things the documentation license holds as invariant are the GPL
> and the GFDL themselves, and Debian already accepts those as being
> invariant, this documentation should no longer be considered non-free in
> light of GR-2006-01. But becuase of this, I'm copying debian-legal.
As the 3:2 split between the original and amended texts shows, there
is still no consensus that works under the FDL follow the DFSG. Too
soon to say how GR-2006-01 influences these bugs, in my opinion.
Unfortunately, the FDL also appears to have practical problems,
including either needing source in the binary package, or a
long-life URL. Again, I'm not sure what the effect of that is.
Finally, the GPL is not invariant: IIRC, you can edit it if you delete
the preamble [see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#ModifyGPL ].
Debian contains the version we received, though. On debian systems,
the GPL is in /usr/share/common-licenses and packages should refer to
it rather than include another copy.
Hope that helps,
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