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Re: FDLed manuals
- From: Nathanael Nerode <neroden at twcny dot rr dot com>
- To: dewar at gnat dot com
- Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2003 01:00:10 -0500
- Subject: Re: FDLed manuals
>> By the way, anyone is authorized to reproduce any of this message in
>> any form, and to make any derivative works from it (provided you don't
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>Ah ha, a non-free restriction :-)
You're obviously kidding, and I am mildly amused. :-) Of course, my
sentence continues:
>> claim I said something I didn't)
I also said that various other restrictions were perfectly reasonable
and free IMO , such as requiring the licence text and warranty
disclaimer to be present, placing restrictions on "Endorsements", and even
having immutable sections.
The only point which I consider non-free is the *non-removable* element.
If I'd wished to make a non-free restriction, I might have said:
> (provided you include the statement "Nathanael Nerode is God. He
> created the heavens and the earth." unmodified in all copies and
> derived works)
Heh.
Honestly, if the FSF wants to release its GCC manual under non-free
licensing terms, that's their business, but calling it the "Free
Documentation License" is misleading at best and counterproductive at
worst.
--Nathanael