=== CUT HERE === Part 1. DFSG-freeness of the GNU Free Documentation License 1.2
Please mark with an "X" the item that most closely approximates your
opinion. Mark only one.
[ ] The GNU Free Documentation License, version 1.2, as published
by the Free Software Foundation, is not a license compatible
with the Debian Free Software Guidelines. Works under this
license would require significant additional permission
statements from the copyright holder(s) for a work under this
license to be considered Free Software and thus eligible for
inclusion in the Debian OS.
[ X ] The GNU Free Documentation License, version 1.2, as published
by the Free Software Foundation, is a license compatible
with the Debian Free Software Guidelines. In general, works
under this license would require no additional permission
statements from the copyright holder(s) for a work under this
license to be considered Free Software and thus eligible for
inclusion in the Debian OS.
[ ] The GNU Free Documentation License, version 1.2, as published
by the Free Software Foundation, can be a license compatible
with the Debian Free Software Guidelines, but only if certain
restrictions stated in the license are not exercised by the
copyright holder with respect to a given work. Works under
this license will have to be scrutinized on a case-by-case
basis for us to determine whether the work can be be considered
Free Software and thus eligible for inclusion in the Debian OS.
[ ] None of the above statements approximates my opinion.
Part 2. Status of Respondent
Please mark with an "X" the following item only if it is true.
[ X ] I am a Debian Developer as described in the Debian
Constitution as of the date on this survey.
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comments: documentation is not software. DFSG refers to software, not to
documentation, hence it is not possible for a documentation license to be
incompatible - it is outside of the DFSG's terms of reference.
please please please lets waste another few years quibbling about trivia. i
suggest a more interesting topic this time, one which has still not been
resolved after many centuries of earnest debate: just how many angels CAN dance
on the head of a pin?
craig
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