Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Q1.1) Are GFDL licensed works without invariant texts non-free? > > Well, according to the RM team, and some developers (full > disclosure: myself included), yes, they are, even if there is no > explicit infraction of specific portions of our guidelines. > > The release team, a delegated body, has unequivocally stated that > the GFDL licensed works are non-free, with no codicils and riders > about absence of invariant clauses. > > Absent any other action, I am, by my own analysis, and the actions > of the RM team, going to treat these works as non-free -- and this > impacts issue 2. > > So, can the developers dispute this? Obviously, the developer > body can dispute any delegated action.
And the consititution does not specifiy a supermajority requirement for this case, while it specifically does so if the TC is overruled. Regards, Frank -- Frank Küster Single Molecule Spectroscopy, Protein Folding @ Inst. f. Biochemie, Univ. Zürich Debian Developer (teTeX)