Re: [gNewSense-users] Suggestion

[al3xu5 / dotcommon]

On Mon, 19 Apr 2010 17:29:49 +0200, Manolinux <address@hidden>
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

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