Alex Hudson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 2006-05-13 at 07:27 +0100, MJ Ray wrote: > > As you know, your obligation under the FDL is to the licensor, > > not people that you give a copy. > > Well, no, not really. Your liability is to the licensor, but specific > parts of the FDL address your obligations to those to whom you give > copies of the work. [...]
Those to whom you are giving copies of the work are not those who make it necessary for you to do certain things. That is, your obligation is not to them. > "Making a copy" is talking of the verb "copy", not the noun. [...] "copy" is not the verb in "making a copy". > Personally, I would not class permissions as DRM, although I'm not sure > the law would make that distinction. [...] So, is it wise to take the risk, or would FDL be better clarified? -- MJ Ray - see http://mjr.towers.org.uk/email.html _______________________________________________ Fsfe-uk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/fsfe-uk
