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Re: How about a new section "[partially free]"?



Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> writes:

> Actually, as far as I know, on the GNU FDL has any explicit provisions
> for rendering such notices non-modifiable.  The GNU GPL requires people
> performing modifications to identify modified versions, but as far as I
> can recall there is no provision against someone else rewriting these
> notices, possibly to condense them, or remove irrelevant notices because
> someone's change was irrelevant or superseded.

But, those rewritings must themselves be marked.  

(The issue of marking modifications is one that applies to the GPL as
well, and is frequently not followed by most people, alas, at least
not within the terms of the license strictly.)



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