[debian-mysql] Bug#430018: Man pages are non-free

Mathias Gug mathiaz at ubuntu.com
Thu Jun 21 19:17:55 UTC 2007


Package: mysql-dfsg-5.0
Version: 5.0.41-2

All man pages which ship with mysql-dfsg-5.0 says:

COPYRIGHT
   Copyright 1997-2007 MySQL AB
   This documentation is NOT distributed under a GPL license. Use of this
   documentation is subject to the following terms: You may create a printed
   copy of this documentation solely for your own personal use. Conversion to
   other formats is allowed as long as the actual content is not altered or
   edited in any way. You shall not publish or distribute this documentation in
   any form or on any media, except if you distribute the documentation in a
   manner similar to how MySQL disseminates it (that is, electronically for
   download on a Web site with the software) or on a CD\-ROM or similar medium,
   provided however that the documentation is disseminated together with the
   software on the same medium. Any other use, such as any dissemination of
   printed copies or use of this documentation, in whole or in part, in another
   publication, requires the prior written consent from an authorized
   representative of MySQL AB. MySQL AB reserves any and all rights to this
   documentation not expressly granted above.

This seems to be non-free.

Reported on ubuntu:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mysql-dfsg-5.0/+bug/121441

--
Mathias




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