Re: The Curious Case Of The Mountainous Molehill (was Re: A new practical problem with invariant sections?)

[Hubert Chan <hubert@uhoreg.ca>]

On Tue, 14 Feb 2006 10:38:57 +1100, Craig Sanders <cas@taz.net.au> said:

>>> the GFDL has a similar provision. you can provide a link to an
>>> internet address containing the full document.
>> 
>> Please show me where the GFDL has such a provision. The passage that

> i've shown it before. i have no interest in playing your time-wasting
> game. go read the archives.

You made the assertion that it was sufficient to just include a link to
the full document (including invariant sections) or to just the
invariant sections here:
  http://lists.debian.org/debian-vote/2006/02/msg00244.html

Thomas Bushnell disagreed with this:
  http://lists.debian.org/debian-vote/2006/02/msg00246.html
and you tried to justify your assertion by quoting the GFDL:
  http://lists.debian.org/debian-vote/2006/02/msg00247.html
This is the only post since the GR was presented that I am aware of
where you (or anyone else for that matter) tried to defend that position
by quoting the GFDL.

Both I:
  http://lists.debian.org/debian-vote/2006/02/msg00260.html
and Thomas:
  http://lists.debian.org/debian-vote/2006/02/msg00268.html
pointed out that the portion of the GFDL that you quoted is only an
exemption from having to provide a transparent copy along with the
text.  It cannot be used as an exemption from having to include the
invariant sections.

I do not see any reply to either my or Thomas' posts, and I am not aware
of any other post on this issue that quotes from the GFDL.  So as it
stands, as I see it, there has been no proof presented from the GFDL
that allows you to remove the invariant sections from a document and
just include a link to the originals.

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