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Re: [Groff] removing RUNOFF man page
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Colin Watson |
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Re: [Groff] removing RUNOFF man page |
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Sun, 5 Jan 2014 13:30:52 +0000 |
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On Sun, Jan 05, 2014 at 12:35:25PM +0100, Bernd Warken wrote:
> > Von: "Ralph Corderoy" <address@hidden>
> > It also changes the licence from >=GPLv3 to >=GPLv2 on a couple of files
> > that remain; they're copyright FSF. COPYING at the top level is v3. I
> > don't know if this is an issue, just raising it for those that do.
>
> GPL2 is logical, GPL3 is bullshit from `above'. Debian succesfully fought
> against GPL3 for years. Everything using GPL3 and FDL became non-free and
> was hidden in normal Debian publications.
No, this statement about Debian's behaviour is simply untrue and always
has been.
Debian did determine that GFDL-licensed works containing unmodifiable
sections are non-free per its guidelines
(http://www.debian.org/vote/2006/vote_001 - note that this is
confusingly laid out, and the winning option was Amendment A).
Debian has never had any widespread objections to GPLv3, and has
certainly never considered it non-free. Packages using GPLv3 have been
in Debian main for years.
Of course you are entitled to have whatever opinions you like about the
GPLv3 - but please refrain from spreading untruths about Debian in the
process.
--
Colin Watson address@hidden