Re: Documentation as Software (was Re: PerlDL license)
Hi,
>>"Bob" == Bob Hilliard <hilliard@flinet.com> writes:
Bob> A standard would become meaningless if anyone were allowed to
Bob> modify and circulate it freely. These copyrights are clearly
Bob> appropriate for documents of this type.
Bob> I suggest that policy clearly state that standards may be
Bob> incorporated in the Debian distribution with copyrights that do
Bob> not conform to the DFSG, or that a section be added to the DFSG
Bob> permitting standards to prohibit modification.
I think I tend to agree. The GPL itself, BTW, is not subject
to the GPL. I think we need to add to the DFSG to specifically
exclude standards (and define that we mean not executable text
documents that would invalidate the document by changing it; and
these include standards, the Licences, etc.
manoj
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