Op di 16-09-2003, om 21:03 schreef Richard Stallman:
> Debian especially is concerned with the fact that we can't imagine all
> the future ways of publishing. How can we tell that it isn't a
> prohibitive requirement?
>
> We have to try. If we accept this, or any, reason to say that any
> requirement might perhaps be prohibitive, and reject any and all
> requirements, that leaves rather few acceptable licenses. Maybe none.
There's a difference.
4. Integrity of The Author's Source Code
The license may restrict source-code from being distributed in
modified form _only_ if the license allows the distribution of
"patch files" with the source code for the purpose of modifying
the program at build time. The license must explicitly permit
distribution of software built from modified source code. The
license may require derived works to carry a different name or
version number from the original software. (This is a
compromise. The Debian group encourages all authors not to
restrict any files, source or binary, from being modified.)
The GFDL does not even allow patch files. This requirement is too
prohibitive by Debian's standards. Simple.
Your above statement falls in the FUD class.
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