Hi, As some of you probably know, Debian has concerns about the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) being a free license, and that it does not meet the requirements for the Debian Free Software Guidelines (DFSG). Debian has been talking to the FSF about this since 2001 without any progress.
The libtool.[texi,info,html] documetation is licensed under the GFDL. Scott James Remnant has mailed about this before[1] and warned that the next stable release of Debian might no longer ship the documentation in the main section and will very likely move to the non-free section. I'm now mailing you because I will probably have to do this soon since the documentation is still licensed under the GFDL, and only under the GFDL. I'm asking if it would be possible to dual license the documentation under the GPL, or some other license, so that it is compatible with the DFSG. That way I can keep the documentation in the main archive. The Debian release team has announced[2] that it will start with the process of removing the remaining GFDL-only documetnation from the main archive beginning of March. Debian also started the process of releasing our official statement[3] on the GFDL. There is also an older draft and discusstion available about the topic at [4]. I hope that you can dual license the documentation. Kurt [1]: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/libtool/2003-08/msg00029.html [2]: http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2006/01/msg00001.html [3]: http://lists.debian.org/debian-vote/2006/01/msg00069.html [4]: http://people.debian.org/~srivasta/Position_Statement.html _______________________________________________ http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/libtool
