Re: one of the many reasons why removing non-free is a dumb idea

[Nathanael Nerode]

Craig Sanders ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
This non-free data & documentation can still be used and even modifed by the
end-user, however, 
Not necessarily legally modified.  In the US you may need a license to 
modify works even privately; it's legally unclear.
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.....
This is just too silly a claim to argue with.  Even Stallman, notorious 
supporter of non-free documentation, would disagree.

any possible need to modify
can easily be worked around with an errata sheet,
"Any possible need to modify a program can be easily worked around with 
patches."

or by submitting a change to
the authors.
"Any possible need to modify a program can be handled by submitting a 
change to its 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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