[NONFREE-DOC] man pppoeconf under the GFDL

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Automatically imported from Debian bug report #346385 http://bugs.debian.org/346385

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Message-ID: <20060107153301.13811.99026.reportbug@vinci>
Date: Sat, 07 Jan 2006 10:33:01 -0500
From: Filipus Klutiero <email address hidden>
To: Debian Bug Tracking System <email address hidden>
Subject: [NONFREE-DOC] man pppoeconf under the GFDL

Package: pppoeconf
Version: 1.8
Severity: serious
Justification: Policy 2.2.1

The copyright file mentions only the GPL, but the manpage seems to
contradict this.
Since Eduard wrote this, relicensing shouldn't be too problematic
:)

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.12-1-386
Locale: LANG=fr_CA.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_CA.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages pppoeconf depends on:
ii gettext-base 0.14.5-2 GNU Internationalization utilities
ii ppp 2.4.4b1-1 Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) daem
ii sed 4.1.2-8 The GNU sed stream editor
ii whiptail [whiptail-provider] 0.51.6-31 Displays user-friendly dialog boxe

Versions of packages pppoeconf recommends:
ii locales 2.3.5-8 GNU C Library: National Language (

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Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 16:14:12 +0100
From: Matej Vela <email address hidden>
To: Eduard Bloch <email address hidden>
Cc: <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: Bug#346385: [NONFREE-DOC] man pppoeconf under the GFDL

Hello Eduard,

Filipus Klutiero <email address hidden> writes:

> Package: pppoeconf
> Version: 1.8
> Severity: serious
> Justification: Policy 2.2.1
>
> The copyright file mentions only the GPL, but the manpage seems to
> contradict this.
> Since Eduard wrote this, relicensing shouldn't be too problematic
> :)

Would it be a problem to relicense pppoeconf.8 under the GPL or some
other uncontroversial license?

Thanks!

Matej

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Message-ID: <20060111175220.GA29055@debian>
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 18:52:20 +0100
From: Eduard Bloch <email address hidden>
To: Matej Vela <email address hidden>
Cc: <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: Bug#346385: [NONFREE-DOC] man pppoeconf under the GFDL

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* Matej Vela [Wed, Jan 11 2006, 04:14:12PM]:
> Hello Eduard,
>=20
> Filipus Klutiero <email address hidden> writes:
>=20
> > Package: pppoeconf
> > Version: 1.8
> > Severity: serious
> > Justification: Policy 2.2.1
> >
> > The copyright file mentions only the GPL, but the manpage seems to
> > contradict this.
> > Since Eduard wrote this, relicensing shouldn't be too problematic
> > :)
>=20
> Would it be a problem to relicense pppoeconf.8 under the GPL or some
> other uncontroversial license?

Oh no, please relicense it under any GPL compatible license of your
choice.

Eduard.
--=20
Captain John Sheridan: No surrender, no retreat.
                                                 -- Quotes from Babylon 5 --

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