Re: Why Debian's webpages aren't DFGS-free ?
Joey Hess wrote:
> > AFAIK the reason content licenses are like this is primarily to prevent
> > people from changing the content without changing the attribution (ie,
> > would you like it if someone added a nasty paragraph to DWN and got it
> > posted to /. with your name on it!?)
>
> In case you aren't aware, the DFSG allows clauses that prevent this by
> requiring the authors name be removed and/or that the name of the document
> be changed.
Oh, I meant to add that in situations like that, lawsuits can be satisfying
(I guess), but what you really have to do is get the record corrrected
quickly, and legal mumbo-jumo in a license won't help much.
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