I agree that twisting people's words isn't good but the copyleft licences such as BY-SA or the FDL do prevent mis-attribution of modified versions to the original author.
- Rob. On Fri, Jul 4, 2008 at 2:32 PM, Sean DALY <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm not sure I understand why one should have more "freedom" to twist > Mr. Stallman's words than the protection under copyright to reuse and > change traditional BBC articles. > > Mr. Stallman can be demanding (I have interviewed him twice, a > daunting experience) but I think his message is very important. For my > part I'm very pleased the BBC has seen fit to publish that commentary. > > Sean. > > > On Fri, Jul 4, 2008 at 2:40 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 > > > > > - > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please > visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. > Unofficial list archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >
