Re: Amendment: invariant-less in main (Re: GR Proposal: GFDL statement)
Adeodato Simó, 2006-01-12 15:10:40 +0100 :
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> (Or in other words: perhaps it's only me, okay, but I can't help,
> at all, feel that ripping out of main documentation that their
> authors intended to be free, and made their best-effort to achieve
> that, like a form of betrayal. Apologies if this offends somebody,
> but it's the way I feel it, and can't do anything about it.)
I tend to have another view. Debian is well-known for its strict
adherence to principles of freedom, so distributing something in main
carries a message that our users are free to use it under terms which
are *at least* as permissive as what the DFSG specifies. Having
invariant sections (or any other non-free stuff) in main could be seen
as a betrayal of the people who chose the license.
Roland.
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Roland Mas
Why did the elephant cross the road?
Because it was the chicken's day off.
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