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From: |
Joshua Gay |
Subject: |
www/distros free-system-distribution-guidelines... |
Date: |
Thu, 26 Jun 2014 20:49:51 +0000 |
CVSROOT: /web/www
Module name: www
Changes by: Joshua Gay <josh> 14/06/26 20:49:51
Modified files:
distros : free-system-distribution-guidelines.html
Log message:
added licensing blurb
CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.52&r2=1.53
Patches:
Index: free-system-distribution-guidelines.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html,v
retrieving revision 1.52
retrieving revision 1.53
diff -u -b -r1.52 -r1.53
--- free-system-distribution-guidelines.html 5 Jun 2014 10:16:25 -0000
1.52
+++ free-system-distribution-guidelines.html 26 Jun 2014 20:49:03 -0000
1.53
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
<!--#include
virtual="/distros/po/free-system-distribution-guidelines.translist" -->
<!--#include virtual="/server/banner.html" -->
<h2>Free System Distribution Guidelines (GNU FSDG)</h2>
+<!--#include virtual="/licenses/fsf-licensing.html" -->
<h3 id="introduction">Introduction</h3>
@@ -32,6 +33,16 @@
installing other software as well — then it is not listed here,
even if it is free software.</p>
+<p>An exception to this requirement and to the self-hosting
+requirement above is for <em>small system distributions</em>, which
+are distros designed for devices with limited resources, like a
+wireless router for example. Free small system distributions do not
+need to be self-hosting or complete, because it is impractical to do
+development on such a system, but it must be developable and buildable
+on top of a free complete system distribution from our list of
+distributions, perhaps with the aid of free tools distributed
+alongside the small system distribution itself.</p>
+
<h3 id="license-rules">License Rules</h3>
<p>“Information for practical use”
@@ -324,7 +335,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2014/06/05 10:16:25 $
+$Date: 2014/06/26 20:49:03 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>