Re: Should our documentation be free? (Was Re: Inconsistencies in
Brian T. Sniffen said:
> "Joe Moore" <joemoore@iegrec.org> writes:
>> Joe Wreschnig said:
>>> If someone adds proprietary code to BSD-licensed code, however, you
>>> can later extract the free code (assuming you have access to the code
>>> of the now-proprietary program), and use it in something else. Once
>>> proprietary (invariant) sections are added to something under the
>>> GFDL, that version of the document is forever non-free, because they
>>> can't ever be removed.
>>>
>>> A nice example of a viral license.
>>
>> If "proprietary" (invariant) sections are added to something under the
>> GFDL, you can still fork the (free) version from before those are
>> added. Similar things have happened with software.
>
> But you have to go and find a copy from before the proprietary section
> was added. With a normal combined work, you can just remove the
> proprietary code and take the clearly marked (heh) BSD code.
How is that harder with the FDL "History" section than with the "clearly
marked" BSD code, or the GPL-required changelog?
Besides, you'll be able to find the latest Free version in Debian Main. :)
--Joe
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