Wouter Verhelst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Op di 12-08-2003, om 09:18 schreef Wouter Verhelst: >> > It is not the case that Debian used to contain nothing but computer >> > programs, but sometime after adopting the Social Contract, we let other >> > materials into our Distribution. >> >> Of course; however, > > Darn, I did it again :-/ > > however, it could be said that in those days, there was no problem > handling it this way, since documentation and 'software' (computer > programs, if you prefer) were usually distributed under the same > license.
But if there'd been any reason to think that programs and documentation should meet different criteria of freeness, surely there would have been a debate over whether the BSD, GPL, and Artistic licenses were free for Documentation. -Brian -- Brian T. Sniffen [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.evenmere.org/~bts/