On Tue, Feb 14, 2006 at 02:41:08PM +1100, Craig Sanders wrote: > On Mon, Feb 13, 2006 at 08:55:35PM -0500, Anthony DeRobertis wrote: > > Craig Sanders wrote: > > > > > the DFSG also allows that the modification may be by patch only. > > > > No, it does not. > > yes it does. > > > Quoting DFSG 4, with emphasis added: > > > The license may restrict source-code from being distributed > > > in modified form _only_ if the license allows the distribution > > > of "patch files" with the source code for the purpose of modifying > > > the program at build time. THE LICENSE MUST EXPLICITLY PERMIT > > > DISTRIBUTION OF SOFTWARE BUILT FROM MODIFIED SOURCE CODE. > > > > I have looked, and I can find no provisions in the GFDL explicitly > > permitting distribution of software built from modified source code. > > the GFDL is applied to documentation, not software. by your loony > literalist interpretation, no documentation can possibly be free because > you can't distribute software built from it.
What happens if you have a document in some source format under the GFDL (let's say latex code or sgml stuff or whatever), and you are distributing the 'compiled' version (let's say a pdf) ? Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
