> I think that Parabola should be an authentic example of freedom so, > please, no exceptions. > Always Free Software and Free Culture.
Details from #parabola: 21:54 < GuestOne> Are there non-FDL-licensed nonfree works that we want to include? 21:54 < GuestOne> Or maybe instead we should have an exception for GNU packages? 21:54 < GuestOne> NO! 21:56 < GuestOne> please refuse all sort of non-free stuff in parabola, there are no reasons to include it, no exceptions! 22:02 < GuestOne> parabola should be a true example of freedom [...] 22:12 < mtjm> it might be easy, Debian already has GNU packages with nonfree parts stripped 22:12 < mtjm> (and many removed them upstream to be included in Debian) 22:13 < mtjm> what about freely licensed nonfunctional data without sources? 22:15 < fauno> like a cc-by-sa pdf book? 22:16 < mtjm> or bitmaps of game art rendered using Blender 22:16 < mtjm> it had no source in one game, so it isn't included in Debian 22:16 < GuestOne> FSF is permissive if you talk about this, but i like the Debian way (always sources) 22:17 < mtjm> if A is a binary made from unpublished source B, users can edit both, B is easier to edit, should we not include A? 22:18 < mtjm> it's not clear in case of fonts, hyphenation patterns and other non-program useful data 22:22 < GuestOne> if Free Culture is a base of Parabola we should respect it including just free stuff also for non functional data 22:24 < mtjm> these examples are for functional data 22:25 < mtjm> it might be harder to decide what is the source for nonfunctional data 22:25 < GuestOne> this is my point of view: data should be free in any case 22:26 < GuestOne> functional or non functional 22:26 < GuestOne> i think the same thing if we talk about games My comments: - we should keep the "free software or free culture" rule to accept the four clause BSD license - we should check for what packages Debian changes sources, we would do it for many of them (e.g. GNU packages with invariant sections) - are FDL cover texts trivial enough to be accepted? I don't see there as much culture as in the invariant essays included in some manuals, while they are/were a more common issue. - we should keep an exception for license texts - the meaning of source is unclear for non-program works (like fonts or drawings), many editable works in e.g. TeXLive were made from slightly more editable forms that are not published
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