I think there's a discussion to be had about whether it's a legitimate
goal for a free software license to rule out proprietary formats such as
word documents. But I think it's quite clear that the GFDL does rule
out using word documents as source -- though the recent GR confuses this
somewhat.he fact that it is or not legitimate
For the fact that it is or not legitimate to restrict free document to
open format; I would say that IMHO it is at least acceptable since
otherwise it would make it unusable by someone who have decided to use
only free softwares. Another consequence would be that a derivative work
of a free document suitable for the main section could not be suitable
anymore for the main section (a document with a propriatary format
depend on a nonfree software). It seems clearly in the siprit of
copyleft that you can require that all derivative works which qualify
for the main section still qualify for the main section.
Olive
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