On Tue, 5 Jun 2007 12:10:36 +0100 (BST) MJ Ray wrote: > Jordi Gutierrez Hermoso <jordigh@gmail.com> wrote: [...] [...] > Not even RMS or the FSF calls the FDL a Free Software licence. Indeed: see the last sentence of http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2003/09/msg01221.html > > > [...] > > FSF: Er... Maybe we can work something out? > > > > Debian: What? Wait, I'm busy... There! Your filthy propaganda > > has been moved to non-free. [...] > > This is wrong. Debian delayed moving FDL'd stuff to non-free for over > a year after the problem was noticed, waiting on promised FSF > cooperation. I think a full release went out in the meantime. Agreed. Long-lasting debian-legal discussions about the GFDL went on during 2003. They were basically over in 2004. Manoj Srivastava's proposed statement was drafted more or less in that period, IIRC: http://people.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/Position_Statement.xhtml The Debian Social Contract was edited in 2004, in order to make it clearer that not only programs had to be free: http://www.debian.org/vote/2004/vote_003 Then the new amended SC text was postponed until the release of sarge: http://www.debian.org/vote/2004/vote_004 All non-free documentation bugs were granted a sarge-ignore tag. After sarge release (6th of June, 2005: http://www.debian.org/releases/sarge/), the non-free documentation bugs slowly started to be addressed. > As I > understand it, it was FSF asking us to wait because they were busy > with things and then the GPLv3. > > I think the Debian project was more than willing to help resolve this > amicably, but FSF seemed determined to keep the non-free-software > aspects of FDL and was just yanking our chain. In some cases, Debian was even told to stop helping: http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2003/09/msg00825.html > Even then, some FDL'd > material got a special approval into main. With an unexplained GR: http://www.debian.org/vote/2006/vote_001 Disclaimers: * this is how I recall things, correct me if I'm wrong * IANADD -- http://frx.netsons.org/doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_install.html Need to read a Debian testing installation walk-through? ..................................................... Francesco Poli . GnuPG key fpr == C979 F34B 27CE 5CD8 DC12 31B5 78F4 279B DD6D FCF4
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