Richard Braakman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sat, Sep 20, 2003 at 08:32:55PM -0700, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: > > Richard Stallman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > But Debian contains essays, logos, and licenses that cannot be > > > modified. These are not programs; are they software? > > > > The essays and logos in question are in fact not part of Debian. > > I think Richard Stallman was referring to essays such as > > /usr/share/emacs/21.3/etc/WHY-FREE > (emacs21-common 21.3+1-3) > > "Verbatim copying and redistribution is permitted without royalty as > long as this notice is preserved; alteration is not permitted."
Quite right; when I said "in fact not part of Debian", I misspoke. I should have said that they should not be in Debian.
