Raul Miller wrote: > On Wed, May 12, 2004 at 03:25:16AM +0100, Henning Makholm wrote: > >>No. If I create any variation of the context, then the statement >>immediately stops being true when placed in the variated context. > > Except that you can easily create varied contexts where the > statement is true. > >>>Here's another example of how this sentence that bothers you so much >>>can be made to be true: send the FSF $1 dollar for their permission to >>>print the book. >> >>No. That would have nothing to do with the factual correctness of the >>claim that the FSF publishes copies. > > That also has several solutions -- become a part of the FSF, or provide > a disclaimer describing the issue.
None of those solve the problem of making the license Free. > That said, is this statement one that's in use on any books provided > by the FSF? I'd be much happier discussing this statement if I could > read it. >From the GCC manual at http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/ : > This file documents the use of the GNU compilers. > > Published by the Free Software Foundation > 59 Temple Place - Suite 330 > Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA > > Copyright © 1988, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, > 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc. > > Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document > under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or > any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with the > Invariant Sections being "GNU General Public License" and "Funding Free > Software", the Front-Cover texts being (a) (see below), and with the > Back-Cover Texts being (b) (see below). A copy of the license is > included in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License". > > (a) The FSF's Front-Cover Text is: > > A GNU Manual > > (b) The FSF's Back-Cover Text is: > > You have freedom to copy and modify this GNU Manual, like GNU software. > Copies published by the Free Software Foundation raise funds for GNU > development. - Josh Triplett
