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Re: GNU Simpler Free Documentation License: discussion draft



On Mon, 25 Aug 2008 12:51:25 +1000 Ben Finney wrote:

> Francesco Poli <frx@firenze.linux.it> writes:
> 
> > On Sun, 24 Aug 2008 16:05:44 +1000 Ben Finney wrote:
> > [...]
> > > The FSF has a draft license named the "Simpler Free Documentation
> > > License" <URL:http://gplv3.fsf.org/doclic-dd1-guide.html>; that
> > > page says that the SFDL was published in draft form on 2006-09-26.
> > 
> > And was analyzed by me on debian-legal back on 2006-12-08:
> > http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2006/12/msg00124.html
> 
> Yes, I recall that (and thank you again for this good analysis).

You're welcome!

> 
> > [...]
> > > So far, I can not see *any* comments at that document
> > > <URL:http://gplv3.fsf.org/comments/gsfdl-draft-1.html>.
> […]
> 
> > Wait, I sent 20 comments.
> 
> Do you see them at the URL above? I don't (in my Javascript-enabled
> browser).

Actually, I don't either...

[...]
> I worry that discussion will be greatly discouraged if comments, once
> made, are essentially invisible to newcomers. That worry isn't for
> this forum to address, though.

The FSF public consultation system has already been criticized from an
accessibility/usability standpoint... 

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