On Fri, 13 Jun 2003, Klaus Reimer wrote: > What do you think about debian packages like daemontools-installer > which could use such a program to create the man pages and put them > into the resulting debian packages? As I understand this this is > quite ok because the user starts "build-daemontools" to build the > debian package with the non-free man pages and this package is not > distributed by Debian. Is this correct?
That is my understanding as well. The end user should be protected under fair use doctrines (where applicable), and debian is protected because its actions are not facilitating copyright infringement (assuming fair use) or participating in infringement itself. Ideally, you would be able to get clarification from upstream about the license that the documentation is under, so they could be included directly with the package. Baring that, the installer approach should work and be legal. Don Armstrong -- I don't care how poor and inefficient a little country is; they like to run their own business. I know men that would make my wife a better husband than I am; but, darn it, I'm not going to give her to 'em. -- The Best of Will Rogers http://www.donarmstrong.com http://www.anylevel.com http://rzlab.ucr.edu
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