-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb am 10.02.06 12:28:55: > There is no doubt that free software needs free documentation, even > FSF says this. If so, why does FSF allow restrictions to > modifications of documentation (using FDL) that does not allow for > software? > > Because such restrictions make sense, you don't need the right to > modify my thoughts about why I wrote the book, or to whom I dedicated > the book. You're talking about books but the argument was about, say, the the gcc manual. > > There is people that thinks software is the conjuction of programs > and their documentation (and other thing, like images, etc.). For > example, Debian project seems to think this way. > > Debian consideres _everything_ software, which is simply bogus. Some > images might make sense to have as verbatim only, same applies for > many texts about philosophy, or even music recordings. This does not > apply to functional works, like software, where modification is an > essential right. And documentation of software belongs to the software itself as much as the source code. > > You don't need the right to modify my poem about dragons, or infact, > this text. Nobody said so. > > Why limit modification of documentation of a free program, if we do > not want that limit for the program itself and if the documentation > is necessary? > > You aren't limited anywhere when you modify free documentation of a > free program. This is like saying that you are limited by the GPL to > create non-free works, which is simply nonsense. I could interpret your message as saying that GFDL was not free, otherwise, its sense is unclear to me.
The main question I see about this was: Why are manuals/docs of GNU GPLed programs not under GNU GPL license, a license that is bullet-proof, easily understood (in comparison to GFDL, at least) and also practically useful? Best wishes Michael -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFD7MJuQggFxokHT60RAiDkAJ9e7/HlKBxctZjwn0qkiFoKpr6O8wCgkiPs oKyLiAxiHSIq4OtgWNet/cU= =be1e -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Discussion mailing list [email protected] https://mail.fsfeurope.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion
