Soren Stoutner <soren@debian.org> writes: > On Tuesday, January 21, 2025 6:03:00 PM MST Xiyue Deng wrote: >> >> This should be fine, as the package is using GFDL-1.3 with "no Invariant >> >> Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts."[1], which is >> >> DFSG compliant (see "Exceptions" on the DFSGLicense Wiki[2]). >> > >> > 1. You should list this license as GFDL-NIV-1.3, with NIV standing for No >> > Invariant Sections. For example, see: >> > >> > https://salsa.debian.org/soren/privacybrowser/-/blob/master/debian/copyright >> > ? >> > ref_type=heads#L17 >> >> Thanks for the tip! Though I do have a small concern: in >> `/usr/share/common-licenses' the file is name GFDL-1.3. Is it OK to >> reference it under a different license identifier? > > With many licenses that would be a problem, because the text of the licenses only provide > one option. But with the GPL, there are two options, and with the GFDL there are multiple > options in the license text itself. Thus, both the GPL-3 and the GPL-3+ reference the same > license text, which is located in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-3. The difference with > the short license names is that they specify which of the options in the license text are > used. > > In the case of the GFDL, the text of the license has the option to use Invariant Sections, > including two specific types of invariant sections name Front-Cover Texts and Back-Cover > Texts. Using the short identifier of GFDL-NIV-1.3 specifies that none of these invariant > sections (which are DFSG-non-free) listed as options in the full text of the license are used. > Thank you Soren again for your clear explanations! I've updated the repo and the package on mentors accordingly. > -- > Soren Stoutner > soren@debian.org -- Regards, Xiyue Deng
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