Re: [Texmacs-dev] GNU FSL and Debian FDL conflict

[Joris van der Hoeven]

> The Debian people are raising an issue which is IMHO important.
>
> http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2003/debian-legal-200304/msg00246.html
>
> It seems that documentation distributed under the GNU Free
> Documentation License (GFDL) including Invariant Sections is
> incompatible with the Debian Free Software Guidelines (DFSG).
>
> I have always been somewhat incomfortable with the idea of invariant
> sections in GFDL licensed documentation, it seems that some people are
> seeing a real problem there. It is debated whether it is even
> reasonable to draw a distinction between code and documentation for
> licensing purposes.
>
> So, the issues are:
>
>   Does the GFDL licensed TeXmacs documentation include any invariant
>   sections?

No.

>   Should we have a policy regarding such invariant sections?

We might withhold ourselves from using invariant sections.
I do not really see any use for them anyway.
Would this solve the problem?

What about cover texts?
Does that also raise a potential conflict?
We might want to use cover texts in the future.