2008/11/4 Alex Hudson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I think MJ is essentially right that there isn't a good treatment of > what "free documents" actually are. I dislike the Debian approach which > attempts bitstream-blindness, although it makes sense in the context of > a digital distribution. I like parts of the GFDL, including the clarity > on non-digital distribution, the anti-DRM stuff (modulo comments about > whether it properly achieves the aim), etc. But the "Grand Unified > Theory" that Eben Moglen has spoken of previously seems to be still out > of reach.
FWIW, Wikimedia uses the http://freedomdefined.org definition (which happens to have been written by Erik Moeller from Wikimedia). http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:File_types speaks of patent-encumbered formats not being free enough for WMF purposes. - d. _______________________________________________ Discussion mailing list [email protected] https://mail.fsfeurope.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion
