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Re: [gNewSense-users] GFDL
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Tryggvi Björgvinsson |
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Re: [gNewSense-users] GFDL |
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Sat, 01 Sep 2007 18:09:33 +0000 |
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Paul O'Malley wrote:
> Tryggvi Björgvinsson wrote:
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>> I have finished verifying packages in a. I have a question regarding the
>> GNU Free Documentation License. Debian does not consider the GFDL free
>> in the following copyright notice:
>>
>
> IANAL however I have a strong opinion on this
>
> with no Invariant Sections
>
> this method got debian approval iirc
>
> that is key to your choice - if the word no was not there we would have
> a problem
>
> so if it said invariant sections we would have a problem
>
> this is a bit like the BSD licences that said you have the right to make
> invariant versions but we give it to you with no invariant sections
>
>
> P.
IA(most definately)NAL so I'm a bit lost in the legalese.
But, if I understand you correctly, the "no invariant" makes the license
free. How come the packages are named for example automake1.9-nonfree.
Trying to figure it out by myself the "no invariant" makes it possible
to change the contents (freedom 3).
/Tryggvi
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- [gNewSense-users] GFDL, Tryggvi Björgvinsson, 2007/09/01
- Re: [gNewSense-users] GFDL, Paul O'Malley, 2007/09/01
- Re: [gNewSense-users] GFDL,
Tryggvi Björgvinsson <=
- Re: [gNewSense-users] GFDL, Paul O'Malley, 2007/09/01
- Re: [gNewSense-users] GFDL, Kevin Dean, 2007/09/01
- [gNewSense-users] Re: GFDL, Yavor Doganov, 2007/09/02
- Re: [gNewSense-users] Re: GFDL, MJ Ray, 2007/09/02
- [gNewSense-users] Re: GFDL, Yavor Doganov, 2007/09/02
- Re: [gNewSense-users] GFDL, MJ Ray, 2007/09/02
- Re: [gNewSense-users] GFDL, Matthew Flaschen, 2007/09/03
- Re: [gNewSense-users] GFDL, MJ Ray, 2007/09/03
- [gNewSense-users] Re: GFDL, Yavor Doganov, 2007/09/04