On Fri, Jan 20, 2023 at 07:12:25AM +0100, Antonio Rendina via Dng wrote:
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> Il 19/01/23 23:54, Hendrik Boom ha scritto:
> > On Thu, Jan 19, 2023 at 05:37:27PM +0100, Antonio Rendina via Dng wrote:
> > > Il 19/01/23 16:47, The Original Linux Fan via Dng ha scritto:
> > > > Hi all,
> > > >
> > > > I'm having trouble getting gcc-doc on my Devuan
> > > > distro.  Any ideas?  This one is slightly older, but
> > > > neither `man gcc` nor `info gcc` works.  I've tried
> > > > `apt install gcc-doc` and using synaptic to retrieve
> > > > any gcc docs, all to no avail.
> > > >
> > > > Ideas would be welcome and greatly appreciated.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > (orig) Linuxfan
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> > >
> > > Apt cache tells that this package is available only on non-free repo. Maybe
> > > that you do not have non-free enabled?
> > >
> > > PS: I find quite funny that a GNU package has non-free man pages :-D
> >
> > that is because Debian has a different understanding of 'free' from the terms ot the GNU documentation licencs.
> >
> > The Gnu documentation licence accepts a document that has invariant parts - parts that are not permitted to be modified.
> > This is intended for lists of contributors and the like.
> > But it does violate the principle that you can take the document, modify it as you will, and redistribute.
> > So Debian puts this into the nonfree section.
> >
> > -- hendrik
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> Ah, yes, I forgot about this detail. But that creates the paradox where
> Debian puts a FSF document in a non-free section and FSF puts Debian in the
> list of not-fully-free operating systems because they have a non-free
> section.
>
> I'm sure it's a correct consequence of the manifests, but still funny.

Ro be fair, there are things in nonfree that are truly nonfree, and not just on a minor technicality.

-- hendrik