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Re: Inconsistencies in our approach



Nathanael Nerode said:
> "Adapt it to your needs" is violated by the FDL "Invariant Section"
> requirements.  Notably, the 'embedded' and 'reference card' examples
> apply (although RMS espoused a interesting theory involving "multiple
> volumes").

A (IMHO) stronger example would be creating a "How to write Free Software
documentation with Free Software" manual, and using a chapter from the Emacs
manual.

The required invariant section of the Emacs manual is no longer secondary to
the combined work, thus the license is inconsistant.

--Joe




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