Re: Gnus Manual License
Hubert Chan <hubert@uhoreg.ca> writes:
> On Thu, 12 Oct 2006 20:19:24 +0200, Daniel Brockman <daniel@brockman.se> said:
>
>> David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org> writes:
>>> Maybe you should ask that question to the publishers who refused
>>> printing GNU manuals under simpler licenses. There is a _reason_
>>> that the GFDL was created.
>
>> Why doesn't the FSF ask them that question?
>
> They probably did, which is probably what contributed to the writing of
> the GFDL. I don't think that the FSF created the GFDL by guessing at
> what the problems were.
>
> Mind you, if David is claiming that publishers have problems with the
> GPL, then I think that it is up to him to back up those claims by
> stating what the problems are.
Cf. <URL:http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/why-gfdl.html>
Again, if you think that you need more information, it is your task to
research it rather than revert to spreading FUD.
--
David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum
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