On Wed, Apr 30, 2003 at 06:26:07PM +0200, Henning Makholm wrote: > Scripsit Stephane Bortzmeyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Is it a consensus on debian-legal that a GFDL work *without* any > > Invariant or Cover is indeed free and has no problem being distributed > > in "main"? > > I believe so. There is some fudging about the precise definition of > opaque and transparent formats, but I'm not aware that anyone thinks > they would be showstoppers in and of themselves.
Actually, I do. I hope this is just a bug in the license that the FSF is willing to rectify, though. The definition of a Transparent copy is so implementation-specific that a sound file can never be part of a GFDLed document. I think this is a significant restriction on modification. Richard Braakman
