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Hi folks,
The Gimp-Print User's Guide (package gimpprint-doc) is currently
licensed under the terms of the GNU FDL.
During discussion with gimp-print upstream about the potential
problems with the GNU FDL and the possibility of relicensing it, a
number of issues have cropped up, which I'd be grateful if you could
assist with. I have pointed to Manoj's draft position statement as a
summary of the issues with the FDL found to date, which we have been
discussing.
If the documentation was to remain GFDL licenced, would be possible to
add a clarification to the licence in order to counter the main
problems which would affect this work? The work is written in
Docbook/SGML, and contains no invariant sections.
Specifically, would it be possible to
1) Allow storage/transmission on encrypted filesystems/links to
counter the "DRM restriction"?
2) Not require forcing distribution of transparent copies with bulk
opaque copies?
If these clarifications were to be made, would the licence be
considered DFSG-free? Are there any other possible amendments that
could be made to make the licence DFSG-free?
Lastly, are there any alternative licences available? The author (and
copyright holder) of the work would prefer a licence suited to
documentation rather than programs (which I don't disagree with).
Many thanks,
Roger
BTW, please could you CC me on any replies--I'm not subscribed to
debian-legal.
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Roger Leigh
Printing on GNU/Linux? http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net/
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