On Tue, Oct 07, 2003 at 03:00:36AM -0700, Don Armstrong wrote: > If we want to exclude more things from the DFSG, we need to write up a > proposal to modify the social contract appropriately and extend > another set of guidelines to apply to it. To this point, no one has > taken up the gauntlet and done it (or even started to my knowledge.) [...]
It has been started - e.g. Brian T Sniffen's suggested list of necessary documentation freedoms, as incorporated into the GFDL position statement that the Project Secretary has been assembling: http://people.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/Position_Statement.xhtml I find it hard to identify any guideline (from the DFSG) or freedom (from the FSF's list of four) that can be lightly declared un-necessary in the case of documentation. In fact, as Brian has done, it is tempting to specifically clarify some items that might otherwise require a broad reading of the existing statements. (Brian clarifies the need for one to be permitted to reformat or translate a document, or keep it confidential) Nick. -- Nick Bannon | "I made this letter longer than usual because [EMAIL PROTECTED] | I lack the time to make it shorter." - Pascal
