[gnome-db] Gnome-DB documents, GNU FDL and Debian.

[Daniel Espinosa Ortiz]

El mié, 08-12-2004 a las 00:24 -0200, Gustavo R. Montesino escribió:
> On Mon, Dec 06, 2004 at 11:56:14AM +0100, Rodrigo Moya wrote:
> > On Wed, 2004-07-21 at 05:54 -0300, Gustavo R. Montesino wrote:
> > > On Mon, Jul 19, 2004 at 02:21:52PM +0200, Rodrigo Moya wrote:
> > > > On Sat, 2004-07-17 at 19:56 -0300, Gustavo R. Montesino wrote:
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > > 
> > > > > While working on some Debian gnome-db packages, I've noticed that the
> > > > > documentation is licensed under the terms of GNU FDL. Unfortunately,
> > > > > this license doesn't conform to the Debian Free Software Guidelines,
> > > > > making the docs improper to the main section of Debian GNU/Linux.
> > > > > 
> > > > > The concerns of the Debian Project may be found on the draft at
> > > > > http://people.debian.org/~srivasta/Position_Statement.xhtml
> > > > > (please notice that it's just a draft document, cited for reference
> > > > > only).
> > > > > 
> > > > > So, I would like to know if it's possible to relicense the documents
> > > > > under another license, and if there's interest in doing so.
> > > > > 
> > > > hmm, what other licenses? 
> > > 
> > > GPL would be the ideal.
> > > 
> > would you mind preparing a patch to change the documentation to the new
> > license? I was going to do it myself, but I'm short on time.
> 
> I'm a bit short on time by now either, but I'll do it ASAP.
> 

As I read, is a legal problems with a incompatibilities; I think the
documentation "needs" a FDL, but the FSF need to clear that legal points
and realice a new version of FDL, an of course the documentation will be
cover with a legent: "Free Documentation License Version 1.2 or any
future version from the Free Software Foundation".

Legal issues... Just wait for :-)

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Daniel Espinosa Ortiz <esodan@yahoo.com.mx>