[Date Prev][Date Next] [Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

Re: documentation x executable code



On Wed, Jan 05, 2005 at 06:01:41PM +1100, Craig Sanders wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 05, 2005 at 05:10:18PM +1100, Matthew Palmer wrote:
> > On Wed, Jan 05, 2005 at 05:03:09PM +1100, Craig Sanders wrote:
> > > no, acroread is DFSG non-free for other reasons that have nothing
> > > to do with convenience. most notably, the complete absence of
> > > source-code, and the right to modify and redistribute the source.
> >
> > Irrelevant. It doesn't matter that the process is inconvenient.
> >
> > Lack of source code and no permission to modify the existing article
> > are just convenience.
> 
> no, they're not "just convenience". they are non-negotiable requirements
> of the DFSG.

So you agree that non-modifiability is a requirement of the DFSG?  So why do
you continue to claim that the GFDL, prohibiting, as it does, the
modification of the document, is DFSG-free?

- Matt

Attachment: signature.asc
Description: Digital signature


Reply to: