Re: Anton's amendment

[Anton Zinoviev <anton@lml.bas.bg>]

On Thu, Feb 02, 2006 at 11:22:29AM -0800, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote:
> Anton Zinoviev <anton@lml.bas.bg> writes:
> 
> > On Wed, Feb 01, 2006 at 01:36:09PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote:
> >> 
> >> Can you please explain then where the DFSG contains any statement of
> >> limitation on the concept of modifiability?  Where does it allow for
> >> any limitations on modifiability?
> >> 
> >> More specifically: if there is such a limitation in the text, surely
> >> it must be clear whether the limitation is:
> >
> > I consider this an argument in favour of my interpretation.  It is
> > clear and doesn't require any exceptions in the applicability of DFSG.
> > Your interpretation ("arbitrary modifications") requires list of
> > exceptions so I can ask: why DFSG doesn't contain any hints about such
> > exceptions.
> 
> What?  My interpretation does not require any list of exceptions,
> because there is no such list.

If your interpretation does not require any list of exceptions than
your interpretation makes GPL and many other licenses non-free.  You
are free to have such interpretation but you have no right to call it
obvious reading of DFSG.

Anton Zinoviev