Package: debian-policy
Version: 2.5.0.0
Severity: wishlist
I know this one's going to open a flamewar, but I think it's important
to talk about anyway.
At present, Debian Policy is covered by the GPL. I do not understand
why this is so, and recommend that we change it to something similar
to what the GPL does:
Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA
02111-1307 USA
Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies
of this license document, but changing it is not allowed.
Since the policy document specifies policy, it should not be freely
modifiable. If we wish people to be able to create policy documents
for other projects based on it, then we can say something like the
following: "Modified versions of this document may be distributed, but
they must be clearly indicated as not being the official Debian
Policy."
I do not know whether we should do similar things to the other
official documentation (Packaging Manual, Developer's Reference?).
Julian
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Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, QMW, Univ. of London. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see http://www.debian.org/~jdg
