On Sat, May 01, 2004 at 10:49:22AM -0700, andy@wolfsinger.com wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 29, 2004 at 12:23:51PM -0400, Nathanael Nerode wrote:
>
> <Big snip; big extrapolation>
>
> > Actually, the GFDL is quite clear: you aren't allowed distribute on an
> > encypted medium even if it's accompanied by a freely readable medium -- you
> > can't even *make* a copy on an encrypted medium, according to the line I
> > quoted above. Yes, this is the problem.
>
> Hmm. So if I have an hardware encryption passthrough on my computer, I
> could not have any GFDL works installed at all? :)
That appears to be a reasonable interpretation of the license terms[1].
While the FSF doesn't appear to interpret it that way itself, other
copyright holders in GNU FDL-licensed works may choose to interpret it
differently.
[1] 2. VERBATIM COPYING
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