On Thu, 12 Apr 2007 00:38:40 +0100 David Claughton wrote: [...] > Anyway according to bug #308680 this package was removed because the > manual was at the time undistributable. Yes, after reading the looong bug log, it seems so. > > However according to the MySQL website the license for the Reference > manual now contains the following ... > > "You shall not publish or distribute this documentation in any form or > on any media, except if you distribute the documentation in a manner > similar to how MySQL disseminates it (that is, electronically for > download on a Web site with the software) or on a CD-ROM or similar > medium, provided however that the documentation is disseminated > together with the software on the same medium" Does this suffice to allow Debian to distribute the manual in non-free, while distributing the server, client, and library in main? I'm not really confident it does... > > My interpretation is that it would now be OK to resurrect > mysql-nonfree. I'm personally undecided: I have some concerns that the granted permission could be deemed not enough for a distribution like the one the Debian Project would perform... [...] > P.S. Please CC me in - I'm not subscribed - Thanks. Done. -- http://frx.netsons.org/doc/nanodocs/etch_workstation_install.html Need to read a Debian etch installation walk-through? ..................................................... Francesco Poli . GnuPG key fpr == C979 F34B 27CE 5CD8 DC12 31B5 78F4 279B DD6D FCF4
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