On 5/4/2011 2:47 PM, Gerald Pfeifer wrote:
On Wed, 4 May 2011, Andrew Haley wrote:
Our web pages say
"Verbatim copying and distribution of this entire article is permitted in any
medium, provided this notice is preserved."
but does "Verbatim" allow people to translate and redistribute the pages?
In spirit it should, legally I am not sure and have asked RMS.
Good catch!
Gerald
I am pretty sure verbatim copying does not include translation, which
is more usually thought of as a derived work. After all 100% accurate
translation is plain impossible, so the result is never a verbatim copy
in any sense.
