Re: What RMS says about standards (was: [rms@gnu.org: Re: Questions regarding free documentation.]
Hi,
>>"Drake" == Drake Diedrich <Drake.Diedrich@anu.edu.au> writes:
Drake> On Wed, Aug 19, 1998 at 12:30:03AM +0100, Ian Jackson wrote:
>> Can someone please run by me again why they think we need a new
>> category `verbatim' or whatever alongside main, contrib, non-free ?
Drake> It is pretty well agreed (I think) that Official CD's
Drake> should carry even immutable standards that wouldn't pass the
Drake> DFSG. Whether we call these packages "Debian", and exactly
Drake> where in the directory structure they should go was not
Drake> resolved. The failure to reach concensus was probably due to
Drake> consideration of the other immutable documents (software
Drake> licenses in particular).
I beg to disagree with this assesment. I was under the
imprtession that we were moving towards the verbatim solution; with
allowances being made to ensure that licenses were distributed with
the software that required them.
Drake> Recalling Manoj's immutable document classes (I think I missed 2 of
Drake> them), these are my suggestions using the existing
Drake> distributions:
I think restrictig ourselves to existing distributions is a
bad idea, and does not scale well. Also, you blur the meanings of
contrib; which was pretty clear so far.
Drake> Software documentation: non-free
Drake> Licence texts: main
Drake> Standards: contrib
I disagree. I would prefer verbatim, with a second choice
being main, if not, even non-fere is a better choice than contrib.
Drake> Opinions: ?
Drake> Artwork: non-free
Why? Why is immutable artwork going to non free?
So far, we have put things in non free where we can make an
argument that that really harms the fre software community. I have
not saeen any arguments, cogent or otherwise, that indicate that
immutable artwork harms the community.
Drake> Whether the legal text of a software license can be immutable was
Drake> debated. The Berne convention has a clause punting on the
Drake> issue, so presumably the signatory nations couldn't agree
Drake> either, and copyright of legal texts is subject to local
Drake> legislation.
Local legislation in the united states treating licenses just
like any other copyrighted work.
manoj
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