The ND licence is restrictive compared to copyleft but it is less restrictive than normal copyright, because it allows commercial copying of the work.
That said I do see where you're coming from, and I personally would much rather Stallman just copylefted his writings. BY-SA and moral rights should prevent misattribution of derivatives. - Rob. On Fri, Jul 4, 2008 at 1:40 PM, Gareth Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Rob Myers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Stallman believes that works of opinion are different from pieces of > software. He is concerned that arbitrary modifications of a work of opinion > could lead to misrepresentation, and he's not alone in that. Software > doesn't really have that problem, so he's right that they are different. > > I don't agree with his conclusions on this particular issue, I'm just > trying to explain that his position is coherent. > Personally I don't agree with the conclusions either, but everyone is > entitled to their opinions. > > I've no knowledge on Stallman philosophy on anything other than software. > It just jumped out the screen at me, that after the big long article on > freedom, you then get restrictions put on what you can do with the article. > I wouldn't have even considered it if the CC licence had not been mentioned > and the article was posted under the usual site copyright terms. > > -- > *Gareth Davis* | Production Systems Specialist > ** >
