Raul Miller wrote: > On Mon, May 03, 2004 at 01:18:51PM +0100, MJ Ray wrote: >> You really need to look at an "as amended" copy of the act. One such >> copy is at http://www.jenkins-ip.com/patlaw/index1.htm > > Thanks, that's a good reference, and the changes from the version I was > looking at were... rather extensive. > > However, I don't see anything in that reference which lets a copyright > license dictate terms of use. > > As near as I can tell, the GFDL can refuse to grant copyright permissions > -- if someone uses technical measures to prevent others from reading > or copying some GFDL document, then that person might lose the right to > make further copies. However, the GFDL can't revoke ownership of a copy > which was obtained legally.
Correct. I think that matches 'first sale' doctrine? Unfortunately, it's off topic. The DFSG are intended to make sure that users of the Debian system have a particular reasonable collection of rights, and the GFDL apparently doesn't grant those rights, in that it doesn't grant the right to make private copies and keep them private. -- There are none so blind as those who will not see.