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Re: GNU Free Documentation License v1.3



On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 11:34 PM, Josselin Mouette <joss@debian.org> wrote:

> I wonder how we should consider the fact they did not remove nor
> rephrase this obnoxious clause. Back in the FDL discussions, it was
> commonly accepted that this was a honest mistake and that it was going
> to be fixed in the next version.
>
> Now the next version is here, and it hasn't been fixed. How many years
> will it take before we can chmod -r our directories and close our
> drawers?

It was mentioned on IRC that this revision is just because the
Wikimedia Foundation wanted it, that they are still drafting the GFDL
2.0 and that they are still taking comments toward the draft, so make
sure all relevant comments are sent to the FSF. GFDL 1.3 FAQ, GFDL 2.0
draft:

http://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl-1.3-faq.html
http://gplv3.fsf.org/fdl-draft-2006-09-22.html

-- 
bye,
pabs

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