Re: Non-Free SGML entity files
> Please note that IANADD, I am just a Debian external contributor.
> I don't speak on behalf of the Debian Project or of the Debian FTP
> Masters: please contact them, if you want to know their opinion.
How would I contact them?
> Among other things, I noticed that also fbreader includes files under
> this same license:
> https://tracker.debian.org/media/packages/f/fbreader/copyright-0.12.10dfsg-10
This is what one of the files mentioned in the fbreader copyright file
says:
<!-- Copyright (C) 2001, 2002 Organization for the Advancement of Structured
Information Standards (OASIS).
$Id: ISOpub.ent,v 1.3 2002/12/13 22:47:23 adam Exp $
Permission to use, copy, modify and distribute this entity set
and its accompanying documentation for any purpose and without
fee is hereby granted in perpetuity, provided that the above
copyright notice and this paragraph appear in all copies. The
copyright holders make no representation about the suitability of
the entities for any purpose. It is provided "as is" without
expressed or implied warranty.
Please direct all questions, bug reports, or suggestions for
changes to the docbook@lists.oasis-open.org mailing list. For more
information, see http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/.
Derived, in part, from:
* iso-pub.gml
Copyright (C) 1986 International Organization for Standardization
Permission to copy in any form is granted for use with
conforming SGML systems and applications as defined in
ISO 8879, provided this notice is included in all copies.
* http://www.tug.org/applications/jadetex/unicode.xml
* ftp://ftp.unicode.org/Public/MAPPINGS/VENDORS/MISC/SGML.TXT
Please use the following formal public identifier to identify it:
ISO 8879:1986//ENTITIES Publishing//EN//XML
-->
It seems that they think that the files can be relicenced. Perhaps
because the derivation is trivial enough?
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