Ben Finney wrote: > Andrew Sidwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> I'd really like to adopt a new manual, but it's by someone we can't >> contact, and it's under a custom licence: >> >> Redistribution of unaltered copies of this document is permitted without >> restriction. Distribution of altered copies is permitted without >> restriction as long as the alteration does not significantly alter the >> content (For example, translation and conversion to another format is >> permitted.). Distribution of all other altered copies is permitted as >> long as credit for previous authors is maintained, the contact >> information is replaced with that of the alterer, and redistribution is >> not further restricted. >> >> >> I'd just like to check if this is DFSG-free or not; I think it is > > I think it isn't. Freedom to make changes is required under the DFSG, > and this license doesn't grant that freedom: it restricts it with the > (vague) "as long as the alteration does not significantly alter the > content". > > Whatever "significantly" means, it's non-DFSG-free to forbid changes > to the work that are "significant".
I don't know what you mean: the last sentence of the licence allows distribution of all "significantly altered" copies. Andrew Sidwell -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
