Re: GFDL and cover texts
My apologies, there were some inaccuracies in my initial reply, and it
was more dismissive than it should have been.
"Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso" <jordigh@gmail.com> writes:
> On 06/08/07, Evan Prodromou <evan@debian.org> wrote:
> > http://people.debian.org/~srivasta/Position_Statement.xhtml
> > http://www.debian.org/vote/2006/vote_001
>
> The position statement and the vote all conflate invariant sections
> with cover texts and dedications as if exactly the same arguments
> against invariant sections applied to a cover text like "a gnu
> manual".
That's because the same arguments do apply. All works in Debian must
meet the DFSG; a work licensed such that any of it is unmodifiable
fails to meet DFSG §3.
Any work licensed under terms of FDL-plus-unmodifiable-sections thus
fails the DFSG.
> Why are three words enough to make thousands upon thousands of words
> nonfree?
when any part of a work is unmodifiable under the license terms, it
fails the DFSG.
Ben Finney <bignose+hates-spam@benfinney.id.au> writes:
> Please read the list archives on these topics; they were discussed
> extensively around the time of the GR to which Manoj referred you.
My mistake; it was Evan who referred you to existing documents.
Those documents cover the issues you're raising; there's nothing I've
said in the above that isn't already addressed by the documents Evan
pointed you to.
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Ben Finney
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