Anthony Towns <aj@azure.humbug.org.au> wrote: > On Wed, Apr 16, 2003 at 09:40:49AM -0400, Peter S Galbraith wrote: > > * Why you shouldn't use the GFDL:: Debian doesn't recommend using this > license. > > And what if this new section listing reasons _not_ to use this license > > were made... invariant! > > > > If the FSF wants to give redistributors a soapbox, perhaps we should > use > > it. > > We already have a soapbox -- debian-announce@lists.debian.org and > www.debian.org. We don't need to tie our opinions to technical > documentation to have them heard.
Sure, but doing it this way might drive the point across a lot better. These info files advertise this license to potential authors, so having a rebuttal in the same place is effective. Anyway, it's just an idea. And it's up to individual package maintainers anyway. If we ever publish such a list, I might use it in such a way. Peter