On Sun, Jan 22, 2006 at 04:19:49PM -0600, Peter Samuelson wrote: > > [Bill Allombert] > > Fact 1: The GFDL include this: > > > > "You may not use technical measures to obstruct or control the > > reading or further copying of the copies you make or distribute." > > > > Fact 2: The DFSG include this: > > > > 6. No Discrimination Against Fields of Endeavor > > > > The license must not restrict anyone from making use of the > > program in a specific field of endeavor. For example, it may not > > restrict the program from being used in a business, or from > > being used for genetic research. > > Yes.... > > > Fact 3: > > > > There exist fields of endeavours that require mandatory encryption. > > For example, if you work in security-sensitive field, you can be > > required to use a hard-drive with built-in encryption. This > > technology certainly control who can read the disk. In that case, > > you cannot copy a GFDL licensed document to your computer for reading > > it. > > That's not at all what DFSG 6 means. That's equivalent to interpreting > DFSG 6 to ban the GPL on the grounds that it discriminates against > proprietary software companies.
No, the GPL does not ban proprietary software companies from using the software. > DFSG 6 does not say "anything a company might plausibly want to do, our > software must allow them to do". It merely says that every field of > endeavor must be given the same rights. Never mind whether that set of > rights is enough to satisfy any given party. No it does not either. It says "The license must not restrict anyone from making use of the program in a specific field of endeavor". No mention of "giving the same right". Cheers, Bill. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
