Your message dated Thu, 30 Jul 2015 18:12:30 +0000 with message-id <E1ZKsJi-00073X-74@moszumanska.debian.org> and subject line Debian WWW CVS commit by neilm fixes #794116 has caused the Debian Bug report #794116, regarding www.debian.org/intro/free makes inappropriate claims about public domain software to be marked as done. This means that you claim that the problem has been dealt with. If this is not the case it is now your responsibility to reopen the Bug report if necessary, and/or fix the problem forthwith. (NB: If you are a system administrator and have no idea what this message is talking about, this may indicate a serious mail system misconfiguration somewhere. Please contact owner@bugs.debian.org immediately.) -- 794116: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=794116 Debian Bug Tracking System Contact owner@bugs.debian.org with problems
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- Subject: www.debian.org/intro/free makes inappropriate claims about public domain software
- From: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
- Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2015 10:32:07 -0700
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Package: www.debian.org A recent discussion on debian-devel has drawn attention to the text of the page <https://www.debian.org/intro/free>, which says, in part: Truly free software is always free. Software that is placed in the public domain can be snapped up and put into non-free programs. Any improvements then made are lost to society. To stay free, software must be copyrighted and licensed. Because this page is on the Debian website, it is being cited as if it were an official statement of the Debian project. But the above statement is not a position that has ever been ratified by the Debian project; it is an opinion of the author, and the author's name is not listed on this essay. Please fix this page to either list the author, so that it does not appear to be an official project position; or else please revise this webpage so that it does not make controversial statements that are inconsistent with the DFSG. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ slangasek@ubuntu.com vorlon@debian.orgAttachment: signature.asc
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- Subject: Debian WWW CVS commit by neilm fixes #794116
- From: Debian WWW CVS <webmaster@debian.org>
- Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2015 18:12:30 +0000
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This bug was closed by neilm in the webwml CVS repository: http://www.debian.org/devel/website/using_cvs Note that it might take some time until www.debian.org has been updated. CVSROOT: /cvs/webwml Module name: webwml Changes by: neilm 15/07/30 18:12:30 Modified files: english/mirror : arch_size.pl Log message: Fix typo Modified files: english/intro : free.wml Log message: Public domain software is considered DFSG compliant, and I can't find any source for the author of the text. Thus, removing it from intro/free Closes: 794116
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