Re: Copyright question

[Carsten Dominik <dominik@uva.nl>]

On Jun 12, 2008, at 9:33 PM, Stefan Monnier wrote:

>> I would like to switch the copyright of the Org-mode manual to GPL.
>> Currently it is GFDL, with front/back cover texts, and I am told
>> that the Debian cannot include this in their distribution -  
>> therefore,
>> the Org-mode package in Debian is currently without Manual.
>
> Actually, Debian can and does include such things in their  
> distribution,
> but in the `non-free' section.  This is the case for the Emacs online
> docs (in package emacs22-common-non-dfsg).
>
> Also, you do not need to abandon the GFDL to be allowed in the main
> section of Debian.  You "only" need to use the GFDL without any
> front&back matters (IIRC).

Well, I am happy with this solution, so I am going to remove these  
parts from
the copyright notice.  The copyright notice will now read:


@quotation
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or
any later version published by the Free Software Foundation.
@end quotation


Any objections?

Thanks.

- Carsten