This non-free data & documentation can still be used and even modifed by theNot necessarily legally modified. In the US you may need a license to modify works even privately; it's legally unclear.
end-user, however,
This is just too silly a claim to argue with. Even Stallman, notorious supporter of non-free documentation, would disagree.and the fact that modified versions can not be redistributed really makes NO PRACTICAL DIFFERENCE to anyone at all. no one really needs to modify doc-linux-nonfree-text, or povray-doc.....
"Any possible need to modify a program can be easily worked around with patches."any possible need to modify can easily be worked around with an errata sheet,
"Any possible need to modify a program can be handled by submitting a change to its authors."or by submitting a change to the authors.
So this paragraph is complete nonsense, and I won't try to argue with it any further, because so many people have already explained why it's totally false.
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