[Date Prev][Date Next] [Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

Re: The debate on Invariant sections (long)



On Fri, Jun 06, 2003 at 04:09:02PM -0000, MJ Ray wrote:
> Thomas Hood <jdthood0@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> > [...] The FSF is willing to characterize a document with
> > invariant sections as "free" because this allows the FSF to use such
> > sections to promote software freedom.  
> 
> I'm not sure that is accurate.  I *think* the FSF position is that free
> documentation can be contained within a non-free document.  Note that
> FDL stands for Free Documentation Licence, not Free Document Licence.

Free Documentation that can only be instantiated in a non-Free Document
is not Free.

-- 
G. Branden Robinson                |     You could wire up a dead rat to a
Debian GNU/Linux                   |     DIMM socket and the PC BIOS memory
branden@debian.org                 |     test would pass it just fine.
http://people.debian.org/~branden/ |     -- Ethan Benson

Attachment: pgpGTbDfDDvMj.pgp
Description: PGP signature


Reply to: