From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Alan Mackenzie Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Copyright question Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:58:19 +0000 Message-ID: <20080613095819.GB2618@muc.de> References: <82BFC2C8-9E38-491F-863D-1C420AB13882@uva.nl> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1213349770 4523 80.91.229.12 (13 Jun 2008 09:36:10 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:36:10 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Carsten Dominik , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Richard M Stallman Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jun 13 11:36:53 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1K75iA-0006eV-UM for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:36:47 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:46088 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1K75hM-0004o3-RK for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 13 Jun 2008 05:35:56 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K75hD-0004kK-1Y for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Jun 2008 05:35:47 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K75hB-0004hR-8Y for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Jun 2008 05:35:45 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=49706 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1K75hB-0004hE-1I for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Jun 2008 05:35:45 -0400 Original-Received: from colin.muc.de ([193.149.48.1]:2241 helo=mail.muc.de) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1K75hA-000254-Kb for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Jun 2008 05:35:44 -0400 Original-Received: (qmail 93448 invoked by uid 3782); 13 Jun 2008 09:35:42 -0000 Original-Received: from acm.muc.de (pD9E53262.dip.t-dialin.net [217.229.50.98]) by colin2.muc.de (tmda-ofmipd) with ESMTP; Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:35:40 +0200 Original-Received: (qmail 3151 invoked by uid 1000); 13 Jun 2008 09:58:19 -0000 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i X-Delivery-Agent: TMDA/1.1.5 (Fettercairn) X-Primary-Address: acm@muc.de X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: FreeBSD 4.6-4.9 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:99082 Archived-At: Hi, Richard! On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 12:06:34AM -0400, Richard M Stallman wrote: > Debian's policy is foolish and unfriendly to us. So we do not cater to > it. If they don't like the results, they should change the policy. It needs to be pointed out, in all fairness, that the Gnu Free Documentation License is very controversial, being far from universally loved by hackers (in contrast to the GPL), and is regarded as suspect by many good hackers and several Emacs developers. The reservations stem from the restrictions the GFDL imposes on the freedom to adapt and reuse documents. These are much more onerous than those imposed by the GPL. Whilst Debian's policy is not friendly towards "us", it is unfair to brand it as foolish. It is motivated by the desire to keep documentation free. -- Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).