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Re: Anton's amendment



On Wed, Feb 01, 2006 at 10:39:12AM -0800, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote:
> 
> The DFSG says *nothing* about "functional parts", and was recently
> amended *specifically* to clarify that the same conditions apply to
> software and programs.

I have never objected this decision.

> To interpret the DFSG to read into it language about functional parts
> or to have different standards for programs and documentation, is to
> insert something that is simply not there.

I do not interpret DFSG that way.  If I decide to create a package
with some essays from www.gnu.org that package would be free acording
to FSF and non-free acording to DFSG (because these essays are not
modifiable).  I have no problems with that.

Anton Zinoviev



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