On Tue, 2003-05-13 at 02:41, Branden Robinson wrote: > Colin Watson helpfully provided this information in a recent mail: > 4. The location of the original unmodified document be > identified. > I feel that this clause might be problematic in a way that clauses 1, 2, > and 3 would not be, in that the information in 1, 2, and 3 cannot become > false over time. First, it doesn't have to be a network location. So I think we could distribute as original + patches; the location we'd point to would be the .orig file in the pool. > 5) applicable, non-redundant disclaimers of endorsement [3] That's not compelled speech --- I can always remove it (and often have to, if I change the document) if I disapprove of it. > I recommend dropping this clause. > > 5. The original author's (or authors') name(s) may not be used > to assert or imply endorsement of the resulting document > without the original author's (or authors') permission. I don't think it's so critical it be dropped; I think it just restates what the law already does. If modified a work to include hateful propaganda, and didn't make it clear that is not the original author's opinion, I'd be in trouble for defamation. E.g., (36pt) Some Document [ illustration, blank space, whatever ] (16pt) by J. Hacker (9pt) with modifications by others and then putting all those others in the full copyright statement in 8pt type is likely to still be defamation. > BECAUSE THE CONTENT OF THE WORK IS FREELY MODIFIABLE BY ALL THIRD > PARTIES, THERE IS NO WARRANTY THAT ANY REPRESENTATIONS MADE WITH IN ARE > MADE BY, ON BEHALF OF, OR WITH THE CONSENT OF THE AUTHOR(S) OR COPYRIGHT > HOLDER(S). ANY STATEMENTS MADE WITHIN THE WORK ARE NOT NECESSARILY > HELD, SHARED, OR ENDORSED BY THE AUTHOR(S) OR COPYRIGHT HOLDER(S). Not many end-users of a published book will read that. It won't much save someone's reputation. The only way this works is if its very close to the places where the authors' names are mentioned.
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