On Apr 26, 2004, at 20:32, Florian Weimer wrote:
Martin Schulze <joey@infodrom.org> writes:There seems to be some confusion about whether the GNU FDL renders every document non-free or only those that include invariant sections.Personally, I think the GNU FDL is acceptable as a free documentation license, as long as the invariant sections are not overly long and do not contain essential material.
I agree that this position --- and similar ones --- were voiced by several people. However, for the sake of completeness, it should be pointed out that:
1) None of the proponents of this position came up with a good definition of "software" vs. "documentation". (Personally, I think it may be doable for many cases, but there will be many other things which defy classification.) 2) None of the proponents of this position came up with good reasons why the freedoms we consider so important for software don't apply to documentation. 3) None of the proponents of this position came up with a list of what should be changed in the DFSG to get the Debian Free Documentation Guidelines, nor did they even begin to write the DFDG.And, most importantly, that the above three aren't on-topic here; rather, they belong on -project or (in the event of a proposal) -vote.