Hi,
Beginning in 2001, concerns regarding the compatibility of the
GNU Free Documentation License with the Debian Free Software
Guidelines came to the attention of the debian-legal mailing list.
Towards the end of 2002, the FSF released version 1.2 of the
GNU FDL, but their new version did not address several of the
DFSG-related concerns of the Debian Project. An additional year's
worth of discussions with representatives of the FSF did not persuade
the Debian Project that its interpretation of the license or its own
guidelines are incorrect; neither did they persuade the FSF that
substantial alteration of the FDL's terms were warranted.
A document is being put together to attempt to address some
concerns that members of the Debian Project have about the GNU Free
Documentation License. This document attempts to present the
reasoning behind the conclusion that the GNU FDL is not regarded as a
license that can easily satisfy the Debian Free Software
Guidelines. The intention is to craft a document that can be
presented to the project membership as a statement that can be issued
under section 4.1.5 of the Debian constitution (the developers may
issue such position statements using the general resolution
protocol).
However, before we get to the GR stage, I would like to polish
the position statement that shall be the meat fo the GR; and I
solicit commentary, and contributions to this document.
Please visit
<URL:http://people.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/Position_Statement.xhtml>
Any comments, feedback, suggested wording, and proof reading
appreciated.
manoj
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"If it ain't broke, don't fix it." Bert Lantz
Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> <http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/>
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