Re: Bug#284219: please remove gnu-standards

2004-12-04 Thread Andreas Barth
* Ben Pfaff ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [041204 18:25]: Package: ftp.debian.org Version: 2004-12-04 Please remove the gnu-standards package (that I maintain). Its use of the GNU FDL violates Debian's DFSG, so it cannot remain in the distribution. I think it might be a good thing if you orphan

Re: Bug#284219: please remove gnu-standards

2004-12-04 Thread Glenn Maynard
On Sat, Dec 04, 2004 at 09:34:20PM +0100, Andreas Barth wrote: Please remove the gnu-standards package (that I maintain). Its use of the GNU FDL violates Debian's DFSG, so it cannot remain in the distribution. I think it might be a good thing if you orphan this package before you ask

Re: Bug#284219: please remove gnu-standards

2004-12-04 Thread Ben Pfaff
Andreas Barth [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I think it might be a good thing if you orphan this package before you ask for removal, especially as you (and we all) know that GFDL-docu is allowed in the upcoming release of sarge. The rationale for that is that it's too much trouble for maintainers

Re: Bug#284219: please remove gnu-standards

2004-12-04 Thread Andreas Barth
* Glenn Maynard ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [041204 22:25]: 2004-004 is not allow non-free documentation in main for Sarge; we don't care; it's allow non-free documentation in main because we don't have time before Sarge to deal with it all. In no way does it discourage maintainers with the time and

Re: Bug#284219: please remove gnu-standards

2004-12-04 Thread Colin Watson
On Sat, Dec 04, 2004 at 04:12:35PM -0500, Glenn Maynard wrote: On Sat, Dec 04, 2004 at 09:34:20PM +0100, Andreas Barth wrote: I think it might be a good thing if you orphan this package before you ask for removal, especially as you (and we all) know that GFDL-docu is allowed in the upcoming

Re: Bug#284219: please remove gnu-standards

2004-12-04 Thread John Hasler
Glenn Maynard writes: gnu-standards is obviously unlikely to be relicensed, and can't be rewritten Of course it could be rewritten (though a rewrite should be retitled). Standards are ideas, not expression. -- John Hasler