Re: The invariant sections are not forbidden by DFSG
On Sun, 5 Feb 2006 14:30:40 +0100, Mike Hommey <mh@glandium.org> said:
> On Sun, Feb 05, 2006 at 12:37:00PM +0000, Stephen Gran <sgran@debian.org> wrote:
>> This one time, at band camp, Mike Hommey said:
>> > On Sun, Feb 05, 2006 at 06:17:19PM +1100, Craig Sanders <cas@taz.net.au> wrote:
>> > > On Sat, Feb 04, 2006 at 04:42:41PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote:
>> > > > Craig Sanders <cas@taz.net.au> writes:
>> > > >
>> > > > > alternatively, print a single link to either the full documentation
>> > > > > (containing the invariant sections) or to just the invariant sections.
>> > > >
>> > > > This might be a reasonable thing, but it is not what the GFDL requires.
>> > >
>> > > actually, it is. the GFDL explicitly says that you can provide a link to
>> > > an internet site - and, contrary to loony zealot propaganda, it does not
>> > > say that you must operate or maintain that site yourself.
>> >
>> > You forgot something...
>> >
>> > > If you publish or distribute Opaque copies of the Document
>> > > numbering more than 100, you must either include a machine-readable
>> > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>
>> Er, that just means if you distribute 100 copies, you need provide
>> neither a transparent copy or a link.
> s/neither/either/
> Which means the link thing Craig is talking about doesn't apply for
> small quantities.
You are not required to provide a transparent copy for small quantities.
So the fact that the license allows you to provide a link to the
transparent copy does not matter. You can still just provide a link to
the transparent copy, and still fulfill the requirements of the license.
Since the license does not require you to provide a transparent copy at
all, providing a link is doing more work than what is required.
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