Dylan Thurston asked: >In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Nathanael Nerode wrote: >> OK. How about a GR saying "We will not accept anything non-free in >> main, except for the preamble of the GPL. ..." >>... >> I bet a lot of people would be satisfied by the following more general >> statement as a GR. This seems to correspond to the viewpoint I've seen >> taken about license texts. >> >> "License texts, copyright notices, warranty disclaimers, and other >> legal notices, are not a particularly desired part of any software >> distribution. ..." > >Is the Preamble to the GPL a legal notice? Well, it is (part of) a license text; it's a notice which Debian is required to distribute for purely legal reasons; so yes, I think is a legal notice. If you'd prefer the removal of the word 'other' so as to remove the implication that all license texts are legal notices, feel free.
-- Nathanael Nerode <neroden at gcc.gnu.org> http://home.twcny.rr.com/nerode/neroden/fdl.html
