Re: Results for Debian's Position on the GFDL
"Raul Miller" <moth.debian@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 3/19/06, Walter Landry <wlandry@ucsd.edu> wrote:
> > "Raul Miller" <moth.debian@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > If it's someone else's GPL'd C code, then in your hypothetical example,
> > > he's supposed provide source to his students should they ask for it.
> >
> > That is my point. The Word document is the source. That is the
> > format that he makes modifications in. This is not allowed by the GFDL.
>
> First off, the GFDL does not have to be GPL compatible
> to be DFSG free.
Ok. I never said it did.
> Second off, you've not convinced me that the GFDL never allows
> the use of word format (I'll grant that such allowance would come
> with caveats about as strong as those necessary for your
> example).
I don't quite understand what you are saying here. Could you
enumerate those caveats?
Cheers,
Walter Landry
wlandry@ucsd.edu
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