On Wed, Apr 20, 2005 at 03:20:55PM -0400, Glenn Maynard wrote: > > They promote the sharing of the information in the invariant section. In > > fact, they require it. The question is, will less people share the document > > if they are forced to share it with the invariant section attached? I think > > that only the people with the most extreme views would not. > > Ability to modify and reuse a work are absolutely fundamental to a work > being Free. Promoting the distribution of a work by prohibiting its > modification is not a trade acceptable to free software.
You can modify it in the form of another invariant section. I don't see how this is substantially different than a work that only allows distribution of patches which would meet DFSG #4. > And that's what it does--promotes *distribution*, not *sharing*. If the > work was being shared, we'd be allowed to change it. Instead, only the > original author can do anything with it beyond distribution. The FSF > calls that "software hoarding". Only the invariant sections cannot be changed. The rest of the work (the important part) can be. --Adam -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
