Raul Miller wrote: > On Wed, May 12, 2004 at 03:25:16AM +0100, Henning Makholm wrote: >> No. If I create any variation of the context, then the statement >> immediately stops being true when placed in the variated context. > > Except that you can easily create varied contexts where the > statement is true.
No, you can't. Go ahead and try it. Call this a problem with the statements rather than a problem with the license; it's still a problem. >> > Here's another example of how this sentence that bothers you so much >> > can be made to be true: send the FSF $1 dollar for their permission to >> > print the book. >> >> No. That would have nothing to do with the factual correctness of the >> claim that the FSF publishes copies. > > That also has several solutions -- become a part of the FSF, Not always an option, and it doesn't actually mean that the FSF publishes copies. > or provide > a disclaimer describing the issue. Would have to go on the cover, and the original statement would still be false. > > That said, is this statement one that's in use on any books provided > by the FSF? Yes. I gave the GCC example earlier. :-) -- There are none so blind as those who will not see.
