On Tue, Jul 15, 2003 at 09:47:42PM -0000, MJ Ray wrote: > How are you not free to create derivative parts of the documentation > section and distribute it under the same terms (ie with invariants in > tow)? The invariant sections are not part of the documentation (and > they must not be documentation). > > I'm not saying the complete work is DFSG-free. I'm just trying to give > a possible reason why it is named "free document*ation* licence".
A free abstract thing that cannot be instantiated in a free form is not free, in my opinion. What good are rights if one can't exercise them? We wouldn't even consider this argument if someone were applying it to a C compiler or OS kernel. -- G. Branden Robinson | Debian GNU/Linux | Yeah, that's what Jesus would do. [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Jesus would bomb Afghanistan. Yeah. http://people.debian.org/~branden/ |
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