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Bug#794116: marked as done (www.debian.org/intro/free makes inappropriate claims about public domain software)



Your message dated Thu, 30 Jul 2015 18:12:30 +0000
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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.

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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.

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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.org

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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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