Christian,
Christian Hammers wrote:
Hello Stefan
On 2005-05-18 Stefan Hinz wrote:
As our next release is in preparation I would have to know this week, if the docs may be distributed or not, else they get thrown out. Can you already tell me what the outcome will be like?
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What's not mentioned here is what we *do* allow, and that's what all this discussion is about: We want the Manual to be shipped with the software *but not separately*.
The manual cannot be shipped with the software in a "strict sense" as
a) at least in Debian it does not comply the Debian Free Software Guidelines (because it may not be altered) and thus must reside in it's own mysql-doc package in the non-free part of the ftp archive.
b) (minor point: for convinience, it is in it's own package due to it's size)
So was your above sentence just not exact and you really require me to remove the mysql manual from Debian?
I was imprecise. What I meant to say is "not separately" in the sense of putting the Manual somewhere outside the vicinity of the MySQL software. E.g. putting the Manual on a book CD that doesn't contain the MySQL software. Does this sound clearer?
If, on the other hand, you want to have it shipped "in a distribution that also has the mysql server and client binaries in another package" then I need a short and clear copyright addition that I can put into the copyright file of the package to make the ftp master happy again.
OK, I've asked our contract dept. for such a paper. Not sure if they get this done by ... By when do you need to have it? And since it's legal stuff, you probably need it on paper; so where should we send that paper to?
Regards,
Stefan -- Stefan Hinz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> MySQL AB, Documentation Team Taunusstr. 27, 12161 Berlin, Germany Desk: +49 30 82702940 Fax: +49 30 82702941 Mobile: +49 177 7841069
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