On 26-Jan-99 Jules Bean wrote: >> As for the draft, point 4 is covered. The current draft says: >> >> These guidelines are intended to be applied to software programs, that >> is, machine-readable programs that instruct a computer how to perform >> specific tasks, its source code, and any other items included with the >> original source distribution. >> >> The line "....and any other items..." is intended to cover documentation >> that's part of the distributed software but not require third-party >> written works to be covered under the software license. > > *nod*. > > Which excludes some software, currently in main, whose documentation > happens to be non-free. Ouch. > Another curiosity, aside from perl(?) are there any other packages that you can think of that would be stung by this... major packages? -- Please cc all mailing list replies to me, also. ========================================================================= * http://benham.net/index.html <>< * * -------------------- * -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- ---------------* * Darren Benham * Version: 3.1 * * <gecko@benham.net> * GCS d+(-) s:+ a29 C++$ UL++>++++ P+++$ L++>++++* * KC7YAQ * E? W+++$ N+(-) o? K- w+++$(--) O M-- V- PS-- * * Debian Developer * PE++ Y++ PGP++ t+ 5 X R+ !tv b++++ DI+++ D++ * * <gecko@debian.org> * G++>G+++ e h+ r* y+ * * -------------------- * ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ ---------------* =========================================================================
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