Re: A new practical problem with invariant sections?

[Anthony DeRobertis <anthony@derobert.net>]

Craig Sanders wrote:

> stop trying to pretend that convenience is a freedom issue. it isn't.

[snip]

> it may be horribly inconvenient to not be able to usably install a
> foreign language document on an english-only device, but that is UTTERLY
> IRRELEVENT TO WHETHER THE DOCUMENT IS FREE OR NOT.


I have a simple question for you: Is the following license free?

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
"Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
the following condition:

1. That person first climbs a mountain at least 4,000 ft above mean sea
   level.

Climbing a 4,000 foot mountain is certainly possible. Its just
inconvenient [well, unless you do that kind of stuff for fun].
Personally, I do not find this license to be free, even though its just
a "convenience" issue.