Re: [free-software-melb] GNU FDL and software freedom

2013-07-23 Thread Ben Finney
Adrian Colomitchi acolomit...@gmail.com writes: 1. there is a distinction between documentation and application software, even if the distinction is not located in the bitstreams. Consequence: I cannot agree with the assertion of one can treat documentation the same way as one can treat

Re: [free-software-melb] GNU FDL and software freedom

2013-07-23 Thread Adrian Colomitchi
On Tue, 2013-07-23 at 23:09 +1000, Ben Finney wrote: Adrian Colomitchi acolomit...@gmail.com writes: 1. there is a distinction between documentation and application software, even if the distinction is not located in the bitstreams. Consequence: I cannot agree with the assertion of one

Re: [free-software-melb] GNU FDL and software freedom

2013-07-23 Thread Ben Finney
Adrian Colomitchi acolomit...@gmail.com writes: On Tue, 2013-07-23 at 23:09 +1000, Ben Finney wrote: I've shown that “because the copyright holder decrees that this work won't be used as anything but a document” is not a justification for those restrictions. The way I see the things: the

Re: [free-software-melb] GNU FDL and software freedom

2013-07-23 Thread Adam Bolte
On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 09:42:56AM +1000, Ben Finney wrote: Adrian Colomitchi acolomit...@gmail.com writes: But any other works derived from the said documentation that are used *for other purposes* won't be restricted by copyright law, no matter the license under which the original

Re: [free-software-melb] GNU FDL and software freedom

2013-07-23 Thread Adam Bolte
On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 09:12:56AM +1000, Brian May wrote: On 24 July 2013 08:43, Adrian Colomitchi acolomit...@gmail.com wrote: If I change an open source program, chances are the original documentation no longer applies any more. So I really should be updating the documentation too. If