Jan Schumacher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (using an expired key) writes: > Fair enough. However, all of these statements are removable, and their > modification is probably not prohibited by the license.
The flow of the argument was: one example of Debian's respect for upstream authors is not removing these requests and offers. If they were unremovable, this would have made a poor example. > Do you believe > unmodifiable essays like the GNU Manifesto could be accepted in Debian with > the DFSG as they stand? This is not a matter of belief. This is longstanding, and heretofore uncontroversial, accepted Debian practice. The GNU manifesto is in Debian right now, right where it belongs: /usr/share/emacs/21.2/etc/GNU and analogous locations in emacs20 and xemacs. The Debian ftpmasters are doubtless quite aware of such snippets, and have no problems with them. *Changing* this tradition would be a big deal. If there were a package whose bulk consisted of the GNU manifesto and related materials, I think people might have some problems with that. Certainly I would. That would also not fit the definition of a "snippet" I gave, which was an attempt to explain current Debian practice.
