Re: GR Proposal: GFDL statement
On Sun, Jan 01, 2006 at 09:51:52PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote:
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> On Sun, Jan 01, 2006 at 11:28:16AM +0100, Wouter Verhelst wrote:
> > Perhaps retitle it to
> > Why the current version of the GNU Free Documentation License is
> > not suitable for Debian main
>
> "Why the GNU Free Documentation License 1.2 is not suitable for Debian main"
> is shorter;
Right; I suggested '1.2 or below', but it indeed isn't of any value to
refer to versions that've been declared obsolete by the FSF itself
anyway. Besides, 'current' isn't very helpful if the FSF decides to
bring out another version some time from now.
> adding "This document refers to version 1.2 of the GFDL." or similar
> in the beginning could work too.
Agreed, if by "in the beginning" you mean "in the summary" (which I
assume you do).
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> > > I've put the above draft on the wiki [3] so people can tweak it.
> > I don't think that's a good idea. There's a fairly strict procedure for
> > GR proposals, with amendments et al. You shouldn't try to work around
> > that.
>
> The wiki doesn't work around it -- all GR stuff has to go via -vote
> or it's irrelevant for procedural purposes; it just means other people
> can put their changes in directly and the software'll generate pretty
> colourised diffs automatically.
Okay, as long as that's clear..
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