From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Copyright question Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:33:47 -0400 Message-ID: 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 1213299261 4481 80.91.229.12 (12 Jun 2008 19:34:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 19:34:21 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel Mailinglist To: Carsten Dominik Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jun 12 21:35:04 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 1K6sZR-0004u6-Ac for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 12 Jun 2008 21:34:53 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:44231 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1K6sYd-000465-GP for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:34:03 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K6sYY-000460-E2 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:33:58 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K6sYW-00045o-AQ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:33:57 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=43834 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1K6sYW-00045l-2t for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:33:56 -0400 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com ([206.248.154.182]:21180) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1K6sYW-0004Yz-5w for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:33:56 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Ao0FADoXUUhMCpzv/2dsb2JhbACBW61Q X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.27,633,1204520400"; d="scan'208";a="22461903" Original-Received: from smtp.pppoe.ca (HELO smtp.teksavvy.com) ([65.39.196.238]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP; 12 Jun 2008 15:33:52 -0400 Original-Received: from pastel.home ([76.10.156.239]) by smtp.teksavvy.com (Internet Mail Server v1.0) with ESMTP id SZT62547; Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:33:47 -0400 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 4DB7985E3; Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:33:47 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <82BFC2C8-9E38-491F-863D-1C420AB13882@uva.nl> (Carsten Dominik's message of "Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:43:05 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. 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:99034 Archived-At: > 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). I find this situation (w.r.t Debian vs GNU manuals) rather sad, but I don't see much hope for a resolution. Stefan