Comments on: Debian/GFDL – could they do better? http://blogs.gnome.org/cneumair/2006/01/05/debiangfdl-could-they-do-better/ Just another GNOME Blogs weblog Tue, 15 Jun 2010 18:43:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: glandium http://blogs.gnome.org/cneumair/2006/01/05/debiangfdl-could-they-do-better/comment-page-1/#comment-76 glandium Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/cneumair/2006/01/05/debiangfdl-could-they-do-better/#comment-76 <a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-vote/2005/12/msg00115.html">http://lists.debian.org/debian-vote/2005/12/msg00115.html</a> http://lists.debian.org/debian-vote/2005/12/msg00115.html

]]> By: Joe Buck http://blogs.gnome.org/cneumair/2006/01/05/debiangfdl-could-they-do-better/comment-page-1/#comment-77 Joe Buck Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/cneumair/2006/01/05/debiangfdl-could-they-do-better/#comment-77 Invariant sections are the intractable problem. However, the other two problems the debian-legal folks have (properly) brought up probably could be handled by negotiation. Then a revised GFDL could at least make documents that lack invariant sections DFSG-free.<p/>The suggested alternative, of using the GPL for documentation, has problems of its own: every person who receives a copy of the document has to get a written offer, good for three years, to get the source code for the document, which is defined as the preferred form for modifying the document (the LaTeX source, or the OpenOffice file, etc).<br/> Invariant sections are the intractable problem. However, the other two problems the debian-legal folks have (properly) brought up probably could be handled by negotiation. Then a revised GFDL could at least make documents that lack invariant sections DFSG-free.

The suggested alternative, of using the GPL for documentation, has problems of its own: every person who receives a copy of the document has to get a written offer, good for three years, to get the source code for the document, which is defined as the preferred form for modifying the document (the LaTeX source, or the OpenOffice file, etc).

]]> By: Tiny Coward http://blogs.gnome.org/cneumair/2006/01/05/debiangfdl-could-they-do-better/comment-page-1/#comment-78 Tiny Coward Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/cneumair/2006/01/05/debiangfdl-could-they-do-better/#comment-78 If Microsoft spreads FUD about the GPL there is a huge uproar in the OSS community. If dabblers and amateurs do the same on the debian-legal mailing list and on wikipedia then people believe it.<p/>There is not a single lawyer out there who supports the absurd nonsense ("GFDL forbbids changing permissions on your harddisk") the debian-legal FUDDos are spreading around.<p/>It is just the personal agenda of some loonies against RMS, who once showed up on their list and said: "you are all little worms and I wont listen to you any more" (he used a different wording though). I'm all but a RMS fan but it is ridiculous that these pseudo-lawyer-loonies are holding the debian project hostage and now are trying the same with GNOME. If Microsoft spreads FUD about the GPL there is a huge uproar in the OSS community. If dabblers and amateurs do the same on the debian-legal mailing list and on wikipedia then people believe it.

There is not a single lawyer out there who supports the absurd nonsense (“GFDL forbbids changing permissions on your harddisk”) the debian-legal FUDDos are spreading around.

It is just the personal agenda of some loonies against RMS, who once showed up on their list and said: “you are all little worms and I wont listen to you any more” (he used a different wording though). I’m all but a RMS fan but it is ridiculous that these pseudo-lawyer-loonies are holding the debian project hostage and now are trying the same with GNOME.

]]> By: Jose Carlos http://blogs.gnome.org/cneumair/2006/01/05/debiangfdl-could-they-do-better/comment-page-1/#comment-79 Jose Carlos Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/cneumair/2006/01/05/debiangfdl-could-they-do-better/#comment-79 Please check <a href="http://wiki.debian.org/GFDLPositionStatement">Debian Wiki</a> for info on GFDL Statement. (the link!) Please check Debian Wiki for info on GFDL Statement. (the link!)

]]> By: Laurent Fousse http://blogs.gnome.org/cneumair/2006/01/05/debiangfdl-could-they-do-better/comment-page-1/#comment-80 Laurent Fousse Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/cneumair/2006/01/05/debiangfdl-could-they-do-better/#comment-80 I fail to see how the outlined issue with using the GPL for documentation is a problem. I fail to see how the outlined issue with using the GPL for documentation is a problem.

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