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Re: the presence of GNU FDL-licensed works in sarge



On Tue, Aug 26, 2003 at 02:34:37PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote:
> > Given there's more ambiguity in whether to apply the DFSG to
> > documentation than there is in whether the GFDL passes the DFSG, it
> > seemed most sensible just to exempt documentation from the DFSG for
> > sarge; so that's the policy.
> 
> I personally see no ambiguity at all in clause one of Social Contract on
> this point; everything that is part of the "Debian GNU/Linux
> Distribution" must be Free Software.
> 
> Can you offer the Project your interpretation of clause one of the Social
> Contract?

Look at what you wrote... if the clause requires interpretation and you
allow for the possibility that he has his own, presumably different
interpretation, then surely it is at least possible that it is not
unambiguous? :)

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