Bug#38762: PROPOSAL] Policy should not be governed by GPL

[Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>]

Julian Gilbey wrote:
>  Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
>                        59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA
>                        02111-1307  USA
>  Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies
>  of this license document, but changing it is not allowed.

I will whole-heartedly oppose changing policy to use such a non-free
copyright.

> Since the policy document specifies policy, it should not be freely
> modifiable.

I suggest you go read the DFSG, and think again. If the policy if not freely
modifiyable, it may not be included in debian.

> If we wish people to be able to create policy documents
> for other projects based on it, then we can say something like the
> following: "Modified versions of this document may be distributed, but
> they must be clearly indicated as not being the official Debian
> Policy."

That's fine.

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