COULD YOU PLEASE STOP SENDING ME JUNK TO MY EMAIL.BOX THANKS. On 5/19/08, Benj. Mako Hill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > <quote who="[EMAIL PROTECTED]" date="Wed, May 14, 2008 at 03:27:37AM -0700"> > > Understood. Looking at the original writing on "free documentation" > > principles, of which the GFDL is an example, it seems quit clear that > > GFDL was designed specifically for *technical documentation of software*. > > ( http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-doc.html ) > > I would go even farther. I would say that it was designed for the > manual for GNU software as published by the Free Software Foundation! > > > However I don't see how GFDL 1.2 is considered "free" according to the > > Free Cultural Works Definition ("the license must not limit the > > freedom to distribute a modified version ... regardless of the intent and > > purpose of such modifications.") but that is probably a conversation > > for some other mailing list :) > > I think that the definition should probably specify that a work is only > free if it contains no invariant sections. If it is (and most GFDL works > including Wikipedia are) then it really is quite a lot more like BY-SA. > > Regards, > Mako > > -- > Benjamin Mako Hill > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mako.cc/ > > Creativity can be a social contribution, but only in so far > as society is free to use the results. --GNU Manifesto > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v2.0.7 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFIML65ic1LIWB1WeYRAgSPAKDhbqKz+z1RsjEWOIRYuKNLiHKfpwCZAbxr > Cq6pjWwEDCUFwB6LJzECy9E= > =Lf7r > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > okfn-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.okfn.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/okfn-discuss > > >
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