[Pkg-doc-linux-devel] Bug#335220: doc-linux-text: [NONFREE-DOC] includes non-free documentation

[Steve Langasek]

On Sat, Oct 22, 2005 at 06:55:22PM +0200, Francesco Poli wrote:
> * Boot+Root+Raid+LILO, Root-RAID-HOWTO

> License text is:

> | This document is GNU copyleft by Michael Robinton
> | [e-mail address].
> |
> | Permission to use, copy, distribute this document for any purpose is
> | hereby granted, provided that the author's / editor's name and this
> | notice appear in all copies and/or supporting documents; and that an
> | unmodified version of this document is made freely available.  This
> | document is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
> | WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY, either expressed or implied.  While every effort
> | has been taken to ensure the accuracy of the information documented
> | herein, the author / editor / maintainer assumes NO RESPONSIBILITY for
> | any errors, or for any damages, direct or consequential, as a result
> | of the use of the information documented herein.

> This license is vague and lacks explicit permission to modify (and
> distribute modified versions of) the document (fails DFSG#3).

> Moreover the "unmodified version of this document is made freely
> available" condition could be meant to forbid charging for distribution
> (depending on how "freely available" is interpreted): can possibly
> fail DFSG#1.

Compare with the GPL's own provision that you can sell binaries, but you
must make the source code available for free?  I don't think that
requirement is non-free here.

Cheers,
-- 
Steve Langasek                   Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS
Debian Developer                   to set it on, and I can move the world.
vorlon at debian.org                                   http://www.debian.org/
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