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[Texmacs-dev] GNU FSL and Debian FDL conflict
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David Allouche |
Subject: |
[Texmacs-dev] GNU FSL and Debian FDL conflict |
Date: |
Thu, 1 May 2003 16:20:29 +0200 |
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Mutt/1.5.3i |
The Debian people are raising an issue which is IMHO important.
http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2003/debian-legal-200304/msg00246.html
It seems that documentation distributed under the GNU Free
Documentation License (GFDL) including Invariant Sections is
incompatible with the Debian Free Software Guidelines (DFSG).
I have always been somewhat incomfortable with the idea of invariant
sections in GFDL licensed documentation, it seems that some people are
seeing a real problem there. It is debated whether it is even
reasonable to draw a distinction between code and documentation for
licensing purposes.
So, the issues are:
Does the GFDL licensed TeXmacs documentation include any invariant
sections?
Should we have a policy regarding such invariant sections?
Since the TeXmacs documentation currently includes no work from me
(though that may change in the future) I have very little authority on
that issue. Yet I think this issue is important.
My two cents, of course, is that the texmacs documentation should not
include any invariant section besides what is strictly required by the
license: a copy of th FDL license itself.
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