Hi, Beginning in 2001, concerns regarding the compatibility of the GNU Free Documentation License with the Debian Free Software Guidelines came to the attention of the debian-legal mailing list.
Towards the end of 2002, the FSF released version 1.2 of the GNU FDL, but their new version did not address several of the DFSG-related concerns of the Debian Project. An additional year's worth of discussions with representatives of the FSF did not persuade the Debian Project that its interpretation of the license or its own guidelines are incorrect; neither did they persuade the FSF that substantial alteration of the FDL's terms were warranted. A document is being put together to attempt to address some concerns that members of the Debian Project have about the GNU Free Documentation License. This document attempts to present the reasoning behind the conclusion that the GNU FDL is not regarded as a license that can easily satisfy the Debian Free Software Guidelines. The intention is to craft a document that can be presented to the project membership as a statement that can be issued under section 4.1.5 of the Debian constitution (the developers may issue such position statements using the general resolution protocol). However, before we get to the GR stage, I would like to polish the position statement that shall be the meat fo the GR; and I solicit commentary, and contributions to this document. Please visit <URL:http://people.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/Position_Statement.xhtml> Any comments, feedback, suggested wording, and proof reading appreciated. manoj -- "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." Bert Lantz Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/> 1024R/C7261095 print CB D9 F4 12 68 07 E4 05 CC 2D 27 12 1D F5 E8 6E 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C
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