Re: GNU FDL (was Re: Bug#141561: gnu-standards: Non-free =?iso-8859-15?q?software in?= main)
On Wed, 10 Apr 2002, Richard Braakman wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 09, 2002 at 02:03:11PM -0400, Dale Scheetz wrote:
> > The freedom of expression of the author is what is being
> > protected by this clause. The freedom to express opinion without having
> > those statements twisted into something completely different is one of the
> > reasons for the creation of the copyright in the first place.
>
> A version of the GFDL that allowed deletion but not modification of such
> sections would be perfectly acceptable to me.
I would have no problem with that either. However, I'm left with the
current license as the one that come closest to my needs...
On the other hand, this would give a publisher the power to silence
some statements in favor of others, but then, from my experience,
publishers have this power without copyright control, as they hold the
power to put those words on paper or not.
With internet distribution, (currently the state of my book ;-) this power
is somewhat diluted. At least for those who know can find the original
text.
Luck,
Dwarf
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