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Debian bug tracking system administrator (administrator, Debian Bugs database) -------------------------------------- Received: (at submit) by bugs.debian.org; 18 Jan 2003 17:22:06 +0000 >From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat Jan 18 11:22:05 2003 Return-path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Received: from 213-96-69-115.uc.nombres.ttd.es (natura.oskuro.net) [213.96.69.115] by master.debian.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 1 (Debian)) id 18ZwfV-0000xm-00; Sat, 18 Jan 2003 11:22:05 -0600 Received: from nubol.int.oskuro.net (nubol.int.oskuro.net [192.168.1.3]) by natura.oskuro.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id B221E277FE; Sat, 18 Jan 2003 18:21:33 +0100 (CET) Received: by nubol.int.oskuro.net (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 5B95070A741; Sat, 18 Jan 2003 18:21:33 +0100 (CET) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Jordi Mallach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Debian Bug Tracking System <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: please include the complete text of the GNU Free Documentation License X-Mailer: reportbug 2.10 Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2003 18:21:33 +0100 Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.6 required=5.0 tests=SPAM_PHRASE_00_01 version=2.41 X-Spam-Level: Package: base-files Version: 3.0.6 Severity: normal I just wanted to point at /usr/share/common-licenses/FDL in one of my packages, but surprise, we distribute no such file in base-files. Is there a good reason not to do it? Jordi -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable Architecture: i386 Kernel: Linux nubol 2.4.20 #1 Fri Jan 3 21:40:25 CET 2003 i686 Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US Versions of packages base-files depends on: ii base-passwd 3.4.5 Debian base system password/group ii gawk [awk] 1:3.1.1-1 GNU awk, a pattern scanning and pr ii mawk [awk] 1.3.3-9 a pattern scanning and text proces -- no debconf information --------------------------------------- Received: (at 182916-done) by bugs.debian.org; 21 Mar 2003 16:41:15 +0000 >From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Mar 21 10:41:14 2003 Return-path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Received: from host-12-107-230-171.dtccom.net (glaurung.green-gryphon.com) [12.107.230.171] by master.debian.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 1 (Debian)) id 18wPZw-0002qG-00; Fri, 21 Mar 2003 10:41:13 -0600 Received: from glaurung.green-gryphon.com ([EMAIL PROTECTED] [127.0.0.1]) by glaurung.green-gryphon.com (8.12.8/8.12.8/Debian-2) with ESMTP id h2LGZmfW027386; Fri, 21 Mar 2003 10:35:48 -0600 Received: (from [EMAIL PROTECTED]) by glaurung.green-gryphon.com (8.12.8/8.12.8/Debian-2) id h2LGZjKD027382; Fri, 21 Mar 2003 10:35:45 -0600 X-Authentication-Warning: glaurung.green-gryphon.com: srivasta set sender to [EMAIL PROTECTED] using -f X-Mailer: emacs 21.3.50.17 (via feedmail 8 I) To: Matthias Klose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Bug#182916: adding GFDL license and license manpages to base-files From: Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Organization: The Debian Project X-URL: http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/ User-Agent: Gnus/5.090017 (Oort Gnus v0.17) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Mail-Copies-To: nobody X-Time: Fri Mar 21 10:35:45 2003 X-Face: [EMAIL PROTECTED]/;Y^gTjR\T^"B'fbeuVGiyKrvbfKJl!^e|e:iu(kJ6c|QYB57LP*|t &YlP~HF/=h:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:6Cj0kd#4]>*D,|0djf'CVlXkI,>aV4\}?d_KEqsN{Nnt7 78"OsbQ["56/!nisvyB/uA5Q.{)gm6?q.j71ww.>b9b]-sG8zNt%KkIa>xWg&1VcjZk[hBQ>]j~`Wq Xl,y1a!(>6`UM{~'X[Y_,Bv+}=L\SS*mA8=s;!=O`ja|@PEzb&i0}Qp,`Z\:6:OmRi* Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2003 10:35:45 -0600 In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Matthias Klose's message of "Fri, 28 Feb 2003 23:47:01 +0100") Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.7 required=4.0 tests=IN_REP_TO,NOSPAM_INC,REFERENCES,SIGNATURE_SHORT_DENSE, SPAM_PHRASE_00_01,USER_AGENT,USER_AGENT_GNUS_UA, X_AUTH_WARNING version=2.44 X-Spam-Level: Hi, My stance has been that in order to be classified as common, a license ought to be actually common -- say, a rule of thumb: be at least used in 5% of the packages. The rationale behind adding licenses to the common-licenses category is to prevent excessive duplication of the license text, and prevent useless waste of disk space; this saving in disk space is supposed to offset the additional effort to determine what the license is. So, if there are at least 5% of the source packages (or whatever number emrges from the debate that is sure to follow), we can include the license into common license. A nice, objective criteria for admission ;-) manoj -- I know it's weird, but it does make it easier to write poetry in perl. :-) Larry Wall in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/> 1024R/C7261095 print CB D9 F4 12 68 07 E4 05 CC 2D 27 12 1D F5 E8 6E 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C