Re: Request for GR: clarifying the license text licensing / freeness issue

2007-04-19 Thread Don Armstrong
On Thu, 19 Apr 2007, Nathanael Nerode wrote: > How about: "There is a special exception for the texts of the > licenses under which works in Debian are distributed;" It's not just enough for that; it has to be a license specifically being used as a license under which a work in Debian is being dis

Re: Request for GR: clarifying the license text licensing / freeness issue

2007-04-19 Thread Nathanael Nerode
Don Armstrong wrote: >I don't believe we need an amendment to the Social Contract to >specifically state this as the case, but a correctly worded one which >specifically amended the social contract and/or the DFSG appropriately >may be worth some thought. > >Unfortunatly, the currently proposed ame

Re: Request for GR: clarifying the license text licensing / freeness issue

2007-04-19 Thread Nathanael Nerode
Ian Jackson wrote: >If this is forced to a GR we should have an option along these >lines: > > We note that many license texts are copyrighted works, licensed only > under meta-licenses which prohibit the creation of derivative > license texts. > > We do not consider this a problem. Although