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.