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Re: [3.2/3.3/HEAD] Make all the manuals unambiguously DFSG free
- From: kenner at vlsi1 dot ultra dot nyu dot edu (Richard Kenner)
- To: zack at codesourcery dot com
- Cc: gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org, gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Thu, 23 Jan 03 17:09:42 EST
- Subject: Re: [3.2/3.3/HEAD] Make all the manuals unambiguously DFSG free
The executive summary is that there is consensus that the FDL meets
the guidelines as long as there are no Invariant Sections, Front-Cover
Texts, or Back-Cover Texts. If any of these appear, the license is
not agreed to be DFSG-free, and it has been seriously proposed that
such documentation be removed from the Debian distribution.
I believe we should proactively avoid this controversy. Therefore,
the following patch removes all Invariant Sections, Front-Cover Texts,
and Back-Cover Texts from the manuals distributed as part of GCC.
(The manuals untouched by this patch already have none.)
I am not interested in rehashing the debate, and since the motivation
for the change is to avoid controversy, assertions that there is
nothing wrong with the status quo will be taken as evidence in *favor*
of the patch, since they demonstrate the existence of controversy.
But if you believe that we *cannot* legitimately make this change then
please say so, giving justification.
You cannot make that change because you are changing the terms of a copyright
held by the FSF. Only the FSF can legally make such a change.
This has nothing whatsoever to do with whether making such a change is
or is not desirable.