[Freeciv-Dev] Re: GNU FDL

["Guillaume Melquiond" <guillaume.melquiond@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 2006/6/30, Per I. Mathisen wrote:
> On Thu, 29 Jun 2006, Jason Dorje Short wrote:
> > Daniel Markstedt wrote:
> >> Can we use pictures licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License
> >> in Freeciv?
> >
> > No and yes.
> >
> > The GFDL, incredibly, is incompatible with the GPL because it has some very
> > bad clauses about obfuscation being illegal.  So GFDL and GPL bits cannot be
> > mixed together.
>
> As long as the parts under the GFDL are interpreted by (another) program,
> and not linked in to form a part of the program, there is no conflict.
>
> Does Debian still refuse to distribute GFDL components?
"still" is not right: until now, GFDL components were tolerated, since
it was not clear whether they were "free" or not. But a general
resolution was voted at the beginning of this year and now the
situation is clearer. As a consequence, in the next Debian release,
GFDL-licensed works _with unmodifiable sections_ will be excluded from
the main distribution. These works will still be available, however,
in Debian non-free section.

Best regards,

Guillaume