[Fsf-Debian] GNU Emacs docs (and GCC and others) are not DFSG free

[Grant H.]

I don't see how this is actually related to the discussion at hand.

This list is about the Debian and the GNU project's endorsement.  In
other words this is about GNU/FSF setting a set of requirements that
must be met to get an endorsement.  We are discussing what Debian needs
to do to meet those requirements.

You are talking about the opposite.  Debian has their own guidelines on
what to accept based on the DFSG.  GNU documentation based on the GNU
FDL do not meet the requirements of the DFSG.

So in short we are talking about how to get Debian to meet the GNU
projects standards.  We are not talking about how to get GNU stuff to
meet Debian's standards.

On 07/08/2012 05:09 PM, Bryan Quigley wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I re-stumbled upon what I think does the worst disservice to both
> Debian and the FSF.  The company I work for enabled nonfree on some
> machines solely for the purposes of getting GNU Emacs documentation.
> I'm guessing many other have done this as well.
> 
> I do not believe the Wikipedia modifications to the license have any
> effect on this [1].
> 
> I would argue that the attribution clause (in
> CC-Attribution-ShareAlike and the like) and the FSF website should
> have the affect desired, in spreading the core principles of free
> software, etc.
> 
> Thoughts?
> Bryan
> 
> Relevant pages:
> [1] http://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl-1.3-faq.html
> http://people.debian.org/~srivasta/Position_Statement.xhtml
> http://wiki.debian.org/NonFreeTrackingSystem/SourcePackage/emacs22-non-dfsg
> 
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