Re: changes and standards documents
On 12 Aug 1998, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> Hi,
> >>"Jules" == Jules Bean <jmlb2@hermes.cam.ac.uk> writes:
>
> Jules> The more I think about it, the more convinced I am that a separate
> Jules> distribution tag is appropriate.
>
> Jules> 'immutable' - This tag is intended for documents which are freely
> Jules> distributable, but are not modifiable. It may not be used for software,
> Jules> in any form, nor for technical documentation, but is intended for
> Jules> copyrighted documents such as emails or articles which are works of
> Jules> personal opinion, or descriptions of standard, or works of fiction, but
> Jules> are considered a valuable part of the debian distribution.
>
> I think I am beginning to come around to this. Documentaion
> pertaining to software goes in main, and must meet the DFSG
> requirements, all other documents, essays, books, novells, magazines
> go into 'Docs' or 'immutable', and they have to conform to DFDG
> (Debian Free Documents Guidelines, which is 1, 4-9, of the DFSG, with
> article 2 variant to be crafted on the mailing list.) Both Main and
> the new category are parts of Debian, documents that do not meet DFDG
> requirements go into non-free.
>
I would find this acceptable. Does anyone here disagree with this
proposal?
Of course, Manoj and I will continue to disagree, in that I'd rather see
DFSG-free standards, and he'd rather see DFDG-free standards. But at
least we'd have both types on our CDs in in our 'distribution'.
Jules
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