Rui Miguel Silva Seabra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Thu, 2006-02-23 at 22:04 +0100, Frank Heckenbach wrote: > > According to the FDL, dedications can certainly > > be secondary sections and thus invariant sections. > > Oh really? Let's quote (again): > > A "Secondary Section" is a named appendix or a front-matter > section of the Document that deals exclusively with the=09 > relationship of the publishers or authors of the Document to the > Document's overall subject (or to related matters) and contains > nothing that could fall directly within that overall subject. > (Thus, if the Document is in part a textbook of mathematics, a > Secondary Section may not explain any mathematics.) The > relationship could be a matter of historical connection with the > subject or with related matters, or of legal, commercial, > philosophical, ethical or political position regarding them. > > So... no. No dedications.
A dedication could be to a person who has started your involvement with the subject, so would be a matter of historical connection, which is explicitly permitted above. I think that much is obvious. "Ode to my goldfish" was a frequently-used example and I don't remember anyone claiming it couldn't be an invariant section before this year. Was it so claimed before then? [...] > The rest is irrelevant, since it is clear you haven't read the GFDL. Can you prove he hasn't read it? Then don't claim it so quickly. Thanks, -- MJ Ray - personal email, see http://mjr.towers.org.uk/email.html Work: http://www.ttllp.co.uk/ irc.oftc.net/slef Jabber/SIP ask _______________________________________________ Discussion mailing list [email protected] https://mail.fsfeurope.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion
