Re: A possible GFDL compromise: a proposal

[Peter S Galbraith <p.galbraith@globetrotter.net>]

Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> wrote:

>     In other words: I can live with Donald Knuth issuing a license in the
>     gray areay between free and non-free. I cannot live with the same thing
>     coming from the FSF.
> 
> The GFDL is free according to our standards.  If you wish
> to view the matter otherwise, you're entitled to your opinion.
> 
> Someone else criticized the idea (though no one had proposed it) of
> giving the FSF special consideration; now you seem to be saying just
> the opposite, that you believe in giving the FSF less cooperation that
> you would give to anyone else.  The consequences of such an approach
> should be obvious: there will be no cooperation.

He didn't say cooperation.  He said consideration.

e.g. we expect the FSF to be more about free stuff than most copyright
holders.  We are disappointed that you don't value freedom in
documentation as much as you do for programs.