Re: suggestion: DFDG - Debian Free Documentation Guidelines
On Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 10:17:25AM -0500, Alan Shutko wrote:
> John Goerzen <jgoerzen@complete.org> writes:
> You should. But that criterion doesn't cover all cases that people
> are concerned about. For instance, no matter how much you modify a
> piece of software, why do you need to modify the RFCs? Or, consider
> GFDL invariant sections.
You might want to modify RFCs because a couple of pages could make a nice
insert in your own manual. Or you're drafting a successor to an RFC. Or
you're basing a protocol on one described in an RFC.
DFSG already allows there to be a term such as "You may distribute a
modified form of the RFC822 document, but you may not call it RFC822 if it's
been modified." To me, that seems sufficient.
-- John
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