Richard Stallman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > You have previously suggested we should consider whether documentation > is free, based on the four basic freedoms as specified on > http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/ . That includes 'the freedom to run the > program, for any purpose'. Since a manual can't be run, I'll interpret > that as 'the freedom to use the manual, for any purpose'. > > So, by your own terms (unless you want to state that my interpretation > is incorrect), a manual is not free if you can only use the manual as a > manual, and not as something else. > > Freedom zero is not about modification, not for programs or manuals. > The analogue of running a program, for a manual, is to read it.
I strongly disagree. The analogue of running a program, for a manual, is to write it or to teach from it. In order to have freedom with respect to a manual, I must be able to apply it to purposes beyond those which the original author intended. -Brian