Bug#392953: [NONFREE-DOC:GFDL] package contains non-free documentation

2006-11-19 Thread Steve Langasek
Hi Ron, On Sat, Nov 18, 2006 at 01:54:42PM +1030, Ron wrote: What is not obvious to me, is that the invariant section here (in at least the case I quoted) does anything of that sort at all. In this case it just seems to make explicit something which has always been the case, and which

Bug#392953: [NONFREE-DOC:GFDL] package contains non-free documentation

2006-11-18 Thread Steinar H. Gunderson
On Sat, Nov 18, 2006 at 01:54:42PM +1030, Ron wrote: I don't profess to be an authority on the details of this, which is why I'm seeking clarification -- but it does seem fairly obvious to me that any invariant section which inhibits our freedom to modify the source is clearly not DFSG free...

Bug#392953: [NONFREE-DOC:GFDL] package contains non-free documentation

2006-11-17 Thread Ron
On Wed, Nov 15, 2006 at 12:34:26AM +0100, Steinar H. Gunderson wrote: On Wed, Nov 15, 2006 at 10:04:41AM +1030, Ron wrote: If use of the the invariant section is the bug here, then it appears to me that in this file at least, it is quite redundant and changes nothing. Yes, it's the

Bug#392953: [NONFREE-DOC:GFDL] package contains non-free documentation

2006-11-14 Thread Steinar H. Gunderson
On Tue, Nov 14, 2006 at 08:54:47AM +1030, Ron wrote: To do that though I mostly need an authoritative list of what we consider unacceptable source that would block the release. When we have an expert opinion on that I can swing the hatchet as required. Here's the list of what's been removed

Bug#392953: [NONFREE-DOC:GFDL] package contains non-free documentation

2006-11-14 Thread Ron
Hi, Thanks for the list, thats a very helpful start, though I confess that looking through a sample of some of those files, I'm a little confused as to what the issue is with some of them... I understand that if the docs are being split into their own separate package, then it makes sense to

Bug#392953: [NONFREE-DOC:GFDL] package contains non-free documentation

2006-11-14 Thread Steinar H. Gunderson
On Wed, Nov 15, 2006 at 10:04:41AM +1030, Ron wrote: If use of the the invariant section is the bug here, then it appears to me that in this file at least, it is quite redundant and changes nothing. Yes, it's the invariant sections that are the problem. Honestly, don't ask me why (like you, I'm

Bug#392953: [NONFREE-DOC:GFDL] package contains non-free documentation

2006-11-13 Thread Ron
On Sun, Nov 12, 2006 at 12:13:02AM -0800, Steve Langasek wrote: The corresponding bug in gcc-4.1 was #384036, which lists gcc/doc/gcc.texi and probably others. Matthias, could you please comment on whether there are any others known that need to be removed in order to resolve this bug? Ron,

Bug#392953: [NONFREE-DOC:GFDL] package contains non-free documentation

2006-11-12 Thread Steve Langasek
The corresponding bug in gcc-4.1 was #384036, which lists gcc/doc/gcc.texi and probably others. Matthias, could you please comment on whether there are any others known that need to be removed in order to resolve this bug? Ron, is there any chance that mingw32 could be changed to build against

Bug#392953: [NONFREE-DOC:GFDL] package contains non-free documentation

2006-10-14 Thread Matthias Klose
Package: mingw32 Version: 3.4.5.20060117.1 Severity: serious The package (at least the source) contains GFDL docs with invariant sections and/or cover texts. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#392953: [NONFREE-DOC:GFDL] package contains non-free documentation

2006-10-14 Thread Andreas Barth
* Matthias Klose ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [061014 05:59]: The package (at least the source) contains GFDL docs with invariant sections and/or cover texts. Can you please be a bit more verbose about that? Cheers, Andi -- http://home.arcor.de/andreas-barth/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL