Re: GPL-compatible, copyleft documentation license
* MJ Ray:
> On 2004-07-12 14:42:39 +0100 Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de> wrote:
>
>> I fail to see how this clause is troublesome. What's wrong with
>> removing the names of authors upon request, as long as it practicable?
>
> Consider the author's name outside any attributions, such as in a
> factual history. Clearly, it is practicable to remove them, even if
> that makes the work inaccurate or incomplete. You can't just add them
> back, else you've not satisfied the conditions. This is a milder
> version of the "invariant sections" method of restricting
> modifications of works released under FDL.
Oh, come on. We still can declare a document non-free if an author
tries to exercise his rights in an unacceptable way. The clause
explicitly does not apply to previously distributed copies which are
impractical to modify, so Debian would be on the safe side here.
BTW, in Germany, the existence of the clause implies that the author's
position is _weakened_ to some degree because she already has such a
right, and there's no explicit limit of practicality.
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