Bug#1135097: Please extent list of licenses named in chapter 12.5

Simon Josefsson <[email protected]> Mon, 27 Apr 2026 22:47:05 +0200

Newsgroups	gmane.linux.debian.devel.policy
Message-ID	<87jyts3zcm.fsf__7067.38984897442$1777322852$gmane$org@josefsson.org>

+1 to the general proposal, although a little detail:

Mechtilde Stehmann <[email protected]> writes:

> 3), the GNU LGPL (versions 2, 2.1, or 3), the GNU FDL (versions 1.2 or 1.3),
...
> LGPL (versions 2, 2.1, or 3), the GNU FDL-NIV (versions 1.2 or 1.3), the

What do you intend to convey by changing 'GNU FDL' to 'GNU FDL-NIV'
here?

Assuming you will add the entire verbatim GNU FDL license from upstream,
that license text covers both non-invariant section and invariant
section uses.

Shouldn't a package in non-free (e.g., emacs-non-dfsg) be able to
reference the GNU FDL from common-license?

I don't think it make sense to refer to the GFDL text in any partial
way.  Either something uses GFDL or it doesn't use the GFDL.  It may use
it with non-invariant sections (-> non-free) or without them (-> main),
but it is still the same license.

I suggest merely dropping '-NIV' from the proposed change above.

/Simon

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