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Re: `free' in GNU and DSFG?



On Vi, 08 iun 12, 10:58:48, Hiroki Horiuchi wrote:
> 
> After reading your words, now I think The Free Software Definition is
> really permissive, but this very *permissiveness* made GNU's definition
> insufficient for Debian Project.

Not in my opinion. Take the example of the GFDL: a document with 
invariant sections does not have freedom 3. AFAIR the FSF's stance is 
that documentation is not software.

Debian's stance is that a truly free software also has free 
documentation[1] and the GPL can and should be used for that as well (or 
at least not use the restrictive options of the GFDL)[2][3]

[1] a complex software for which the only documentation is the source 
code is not very useful and there is no reason why the same liberties 
should not apply to documentation
[2] for an entity that preaches non-proliferation of licenses FSF has 
created quite a few...
[3] before anyone here wants to argue that the GPL is meant for software 
only they should read it[4]
[4] ... and reply to -offtopic, see my sig

Kind regards,
Andrei
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