Yuan-Chen Cheng <ycheng...@me.com> writes: > Hi, I write a email to bug-jwh...@gnu.org last week but get no reply. > > Shall we just remove those two file from the install list and live > with that ? > > I am interested to provide patch to do that if that’s the possible and > legal way to do. > > thanks, YC >
Hello, IIUC correctly the issue is that the license notice in Jwhois 4.0 manual is --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, with the Front-Cover Texts being ``A GNU Manual,'' and with the Back-Cover Texts as in (a) below. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled ``GNU Free Documentation License.'' (a) The FSF's Back-Cover Text is: ``You have freedom to copy and modify this GNU Manual, like GNU software. Copies published by the Free Software Foundation raise funds for GNU development.'' --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- which requires the FSF back-cover text. Without this requirement the manual could be distributed as in Debian main. Like what is done with GNU Automake manual which license is: --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover texts, and with no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled ``GNU Free Documentation License.'' --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- So to recap the situation, as a recent Jwhois contributor I have already modified (in the development repository) the license of Jwhois to match the one from Automake. I will check with the FSF if they are OK with that. As one may have notice Jwhois 4.0 is really old, and I intend to make a new release in the following months if Jwhois maintainer agrees. When that is done I think Jwhois will be ready to reintegrate Debian main. Can someone confirm that I understand the issue correctly? Thanks. -- Mathieu Lirzin
