severity 364847 normal thanks On Wed, Apr 26, 2006 at 12:20:27AM -0400, Justin Pryzby wrote: > Package: manpages-dev > Version: 2.22-1 > Severity: serious
> I think this manpage crosses the line; it is "distributed under GPL", > yet the content is copied nearly-verbatim from the glibc manual. > "The GNU C library lets you modify the behavior of..." *is* a copy, > and the example code is pretty much a sized-down copy, too. > I make no claim but that this manpage should not be distributed as is > with a "gpl" annotation. Works may be licensed under multiple licenses, perhaps released at different times in their history. Unless you have evidence that the contents of manpages-dev got there by making a copy from the GFDLed manual, I don't believe we should treat this as a serious license problem. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.debian.org/
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