Bug#200003: cpp: contains non-free manpages

2003-07-05 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Fri, Jul 04, 2003 at 10:18:50PM +0200, Matthias Klose wrote: Andrew Suffield writes: Package: cpp Severity: serious The manpages fsf-funding(7), gpl(7), and gfdl(7) are included in the cpp package. These are clearly non-free (non-modifiable). this doesn't make sense. you are not

Bug#200003: cpp: contains non-free manpages

2003-07-05 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Sat, Jul 05, 2003 at 09:16:41AM +0100, Andrew Suffield wrote: gpl(7): that can be replaced with a reference to /usr/share/misc/common-licenses /usr/share/common-licenses Foo. -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | Dept. of Computing, `. `'

Bug#200003: cpp: contains non-free manpages

2003-07-05 Thread Henning Makholm
Scripsit Andrew Suffield [EMAIL PROTECTED] gpl(7): that can be replaced with a reference to /usr/share/misc/common-licenses gfdl(7): that's included (as text, rather than a tagged manpage) in /usr/share/cpp-3.3/copyright already, and is therefore redundant And in any case, it seems to be

Bug#200003: cpp: contains non-free manpages

2003-07-05 Thread Matthias Klose
Henning Makholm writes: Scripsit Andrew Suffield [EMAIL PROTECTED] gpl(7): that can be replaced with a reference to /usr/share/misc/common-licenses gfdl(7): that's included (as text, rather than a tagged manpage) in /usr/share/cpp-3.3/copyright already, and is therefore redundant

Bug#200003: cpp: contains non-free manpages

2003-07-04 Thread Andrew Suffield
Package: cpp Severity: serious The manpages fsf-funding(7), gpl(7), and gfdl(7) are included in the cpp package. These are clearly non-free (non-modifiable). [Plus they aren't mentioned in the copyright file, which claims the package is GPLed] They should almost certainly be removed entirely,

Bug#200003: cpp: contains non-free manpages

2003-07-04 Thread Matthias Klose
Andrew Suffield writes: Package: cpp Severity: serious The manpages fsf-funding(7), gpl(7), and gfdl(7) are included in the cpp package. These are clearly non-free (non-modifiable). this doesn't make sense. you are not allowed to change a copyright, even for software distributed in main.

Bug#200003: cpp: contains non-free manpages

2003-07-04 Thread Phil Edwards
On Fri, Jul 04, 2003 at 10:18:50PM +0200, Matthias Klose wrote: AFAIK the distribution of license texts is allowed in main, even if the license itself is non-free. This would seem to be only common sense. If I take it upon myself to educate the world about the evil and stupidity of the EULA

Bug#200003: cpp: contains non-free manpages

2003-07-04 Thread Steve Langasek
On Fri, Jul 04, 2003 at 10:18:50PM +0200, Matthias Klose wrote: Andrew Suffield writes: Package: cpp Severity: serious The manpages fsf-funding(7), gpl(7), and gfdl(7) are included in the cpp package. These are clearly non-free (non-modifiable). this doesn't make sense. you are not