Mathieu Roy said: > Walter Landry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a tapoté : >> There is also the definition of transparent forms. I can't distribute >> GFDL'd documents I write in Openoffice or LyX. > > The fact that you cannot write GFDLed document with OpenOffice or LyX > (which are not at all in a preferred form for modification) does not > make documentation GFDLed that others persons wrote, in the preferred > form for modification, non-free.
So the GFDL not only restricts you from storing works in certain formats (those restricted by DRM measures), but even from creating them in certain formats in the first place? > If you write a GFDLed document with OpenOffice, you must provide along > with the OpenOffice version another version, in a preferred form for > modification. It's an obligation you accept to follow when you decide > to license under the GFDL a documentation. This is not an excessive burden? In order to release a GFDL'd document, I have to learn how to create paragraph markup in a GFDL-sanctioned "preferred format", rather than just clicking "Bold" in OpenOffice? I have to learn how to create tables in TeX, rather than letting LyX take care of that? --Joe
