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Re: various opinions on Debian vs the GFDL



On Wed, 30 Apr 2003, Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote:

> Is it a consensus on debian-legal that a GFDL work *without* any
> Invariant or Cover is indeed free and has no problem being distributed
> in "main"?

I believe this is pretty well agreed. 

However, realize that if you release a work under the GFDL, someone else
can add a cover text or invariant section, and it will then be impossible
for you to incorporate their changes into your own version.

I recommend using the GPL and a notice of interpretation that you consider 
formatted, printed works "binary" and machine-readable editable input 
"source".
--
Mark Rafn    dagon@dagon.net    <http://www.dagon.net/>  



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