Re: DFSG4 and combined works
On Wed, Feb 08, 2006 at 02:46:16PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote:
> Anton Zinoviev <anton@lml.bas.bg> writes:
>
> > The first notion of freedom is: the work is free if we are allowed to
> > do whatever we want with it.
> >
> > The second notion of freedom is: the work is free if we are allowed to
> > adapt it to various needs and to improve it.
>
> This is a false dilemma, of course.
>
> Moreover, if by "various needs" you mean an unspecified list, then
> these are the same. If you mean some specified list, then it is clear
> no such list exists at present in Debian, for you cannot point to any
> record of what is on the list and what is not.
I do not place limitations on "various needs". Any modification that
is not just subjective wish but serves some practical purpose is
desirable.
> What thoroughly disgusts me here is the following history:
>
> [ .. long history reminder skipped ... ]
If you call me "beer" I am going to accept this as personal insult.
You can see from the voting archives that I voted for the complete
removal of non-free. You can also see that the main "toad" (the one
who proposed to keep non-free) is also the author of the current
proposal that GFDL is non-free. So your analogy is not well-founded.
> So, Anton, the developers *have*, in fact, voted on this very question
> twice already. Give it a rest.
They have not.
Anton Zinoviev
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