Nick Phillips <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sun, Jun 29, 2003 at 09:52:17PM -0400, Anthony DeRobertis wrote: > >> >Hello debian-legal, >> > >> >Suppose I remove all the non-invariant sections of a GFDL document that >> >have some sections marked invariant. >> > >> >Are the invariant sections still secondary? >> >> I don't know. More directly, say that a invariant section suddenly >> becomes non-secondary because of a program's evolution. Then what? > > If you have a look at the GFDL, it appears that the intention is that > any content for which that could be the case cannot be secondary anyway.
That may be the intent, but it's hardly the effect. Imagine, for example, M-x generate-documentation-for-program, which automatically generates a manual page for a program. If called with C-u as a prefix, it generates free documentation, pulling from non-free sources. The "Why Free Programs Need Free Documentation" essay, which had been secondary, is no longer such. -Brian
