Re: A possible GFDL compromise: a proposal

[tb@becket.net (Thomas Bushnell, BSG)]

Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> writes:

>     The DFSG says that we must have the right to modify everything, at
>     least by the use of patch files.
> 
> I cannot find that in the DFSG.  If you are talking about this part,
> 
>      <P>The license may restrict source-code from being distributed
>      in modified form _<strong>only</strong>_ if the license allows
>      the distribution of "<tt>patch files</tt>" with the source
>      code for the purpose of modifying the program at build
>      time.
> 
> then I don't think it says that.  This text is specifically about
> source code for programs, and specifically about licenses that
> entirely forbid modified versions of the source code.  It is extremely
> specific and narrow.

You have misunderstood the DFSG.