Package: doc-debian Version: today's CVS Severity: wishlist Tags: patch Hi,
Now that non-free documentation is being removed from the main archive, I expect lots of questions about this to get asked. A FAQ entry on this therefore would be nice. Attached is a patch. BTW, I'll file a pile of extra bugreports: I've been proofreading the entire FAQ, and have quite some more in my personal queue. If you feel my patches (#333504, #333511) have been OK, you might want to give me commit-rights. I myself don't really care, sending patches using BTS is fine with me too. Thanks, Bye, Joost
--- software.sgml.orig 2005-10-12 10:15:55.012020834 +0200 +++ software.sgml 2005-10-13 13:37:01.745004041 +0200 @@ -154,6 +154,27 @@ considered obsolete. Please remove any mentions to non-US from your sources in your <file>/etc/apt/sources.list</file> configuration file. +<sect id="doc">Where is the documentation for my package? + +<p>Lots of popular documentation-specific licenses are not compatible with the +Debian Free Software Guidelines. Therefore, such documentation is not included +in the Debian main archive. Examples of such licenses are the GNU Free +Documentation License (see this <url +id="http://people.debian.org/~srivasta/Position_Statement.xhtml"; name="Draft +Debian Position Statement about the GNU Free Documentation License(GFDL)">) as +well as the various CC licenses (see this <url +id="http://people.debian.org/~evan/ccsummary.html"; name="debian-legal Summary +of Creative Commons 2.0 Licenses">). Examples of affected packages are <url +id="http://bugs.debian.org/280803"; name="gcc-4.0-doc"> and <url +id="http://bugs.debian.org/181494"; name="glibc-doc">. + +<p>The documentation you are looking for might be in the non-free area, or +not distributed by Debian at all. + +<p>If you are using Debian <em>sarge</em>, documentation which is not DFSG +compliant might be included in main: most of the work on this issue has been +done after the <em>sarge</em> release. + <sect id="pine">Where is pine? <p>Due to its restrictive license, it's in the non-free area. Moreover,
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