Adam McKenna writes: > On Wed, Apr 20, 2005 at 08:03:48AM -0400, Michael Poole wrote: >> Proprietary licenses protect the authors' rights even more. Never >> publishing the work, and therefore never subjecting it to copyright >> law, also protects the authors' rights. Neither of those help freedom >> or the sharing of information. Again I ask: How do invariant sections >> (by themselves) promote sharing of information? > > They promote the sharing of the information in the invariant section. In > fact, they require it. The question is, will less people share the document > if they are forced to share it with the invariant section attached? I think > that only the people with the most extreme views would not.
The information in the invariant section is (per the GFDL) noise, not signal. It is a parasite on the main body of the work. That is not a very useful form of sharing to promote. Maybe you want a Creative Commons license rather than free software? Michael Poole -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
