On Sat, 30 Jun 2007 10:57:38 +0900 Osamu Aoki wrote: > I agree.
Good! :) > > On Thu, Jun 28, 2007 at 11:03:39PM +0200, Francesco Poli wrote: [...] > > Section 2.1 _Choose your program_[1] states: > ... > > I think the above quoted sentences should be changed into something > > like: > > > > ] * program must have a license, if possible free as according to > > ] the Debian Free Software Guidelines. If it doesn't conform to > > ] some of these rules but it can be distributed anyway, it could > > ] still be included in the `non-free' section. If you are unsure > > ] about where it should go, post the license text on > > ] [EMAIL PROTECTED] and ask for advice. > > ] > > ] * program should not require a package outside of the main section > > ] for compilation or use. If it does require any package which is > > ] not in main, it could still be included in the `contrib' > > ] section. > > I hope you agree with the current license of this document and agree > to put your text under the same one :-) If there is no objection, I > will apply this soonish. Since my contribution is derived from the current version of the _New Maintainers' Guide_, which is GPLed, my contribution must be GPLed as well, if distributed (and it has been just distributed to the BTS!). To be more precise, the current version of the Guide is released under the terms of the GNU GPL v2 or later, hence a derivative work can be distributed under the terms: * of the GNU GPL v2 only * of the GNU GPL v2 or v3 * of the GNU GPL v2 or later * of the GNU GPL v3 only * of the GNU GPL v3 or later I personally *dislike* the GNU GPL v3, hence I would choose to license my contribution under the terms of the GNU GPL v2 only. But, on the other hand, my contribution is really small: I don't even know if it is creative enough to qualify for copyright protection. As a consequence, I don't think it makes much sense to insist that the license of the Guide is changed from "GPL v2 or later" to "GPL v2 only", just for this small contribution. In conclusion, to the extent that my contribution is actually copyrighted, I hereby release it under the same terms of version 1.2.11 of the _New Maintainers' Guide_, that is to say, under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or any later version. But I hope you will *not* switch to "GPL v3 or later", and stick to "GPL v2 or later" instead. I hope that this clarifies. -- http://frx.netsons.org/doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_install.html Need to read a Debian testing installation walk-through? ..................................................... Francesco Poli . GnuPG key fpr == C979 F34B 27CE 5CD8 DC12 31B5 78F4 279B DD6D FCF4
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