On Mon, 19 Apr 2010 17:29:49 +0200, Manolinux <urbanos...@gmail.com> wrote: > Maybe there is some explanation to substituted documentation. > > Much of software documentation is done with the GFDL license. This > license allows invariant sections (parts of the document which you are > not allowed to modify), which according to Debian guidelines are non > free, and cannot be included. > > Maybe this is the documentation Victor was talking about, I'm almost > sure that emacs manual are in GFDL license. Another example are the > info pages, which in Debian are copies of man pages. > > More info: > > http://www.debian.org/vote/2006/vote_001
they debated GFDL issues about invariant sections, transparent copies, drm... finally they voted to choose one of these options: - Option 1 "GFDL-licensed works are unsuitable for main in all cases" - Option 2 "GFDL-licensed works without unmodifiable sections are free" - Option 3 "GFDL-licensed works are compatible with the DFSG" - Option 4 "Further discussion" and the winner was: -Option 2 "GFDL-licensed works without unmodifiable sections are free" now, take a look here: http://www.debian.org/vote/2004/vote_002 the winner was: - Option 2 "Choice 2: Re-affirm support for non-free" and here: http://www.debian.org/vote/2006/vote_007 the winner was: - Option 1 "Release Etch even with kernel firmware issues" (as well known by gns and/or linuxlibre users, these issues are things like binary blobs and/or drivers that induces or requires installing additional pieces of non-free software) so... it seems that debian policies consider having unmodifiable sections in GFDL a more serious issue for freedom than having non-free software in their repos or binary blobs in the linux kernel... regards al3xu5 / dotcommon -- Support free software! Join FSF: http://www.fsf.org/jf?referrer=7535 ______________________________________________________________________ Public GPG/PGP key block ID: 1024D/11C70137 Fingerprint: 60F1 B550 3A95 7901 F410 D484 82E7 5377 11C7 0137 Key download: http://bitfreedom.noblogs.org/gallery/5721/dotcommon.asc [ Please, do not send my key to any keyserver! ]
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