Re: Problems in GNU FDL 1.2 Draft

2002-02-13 Thread Thomas Bushnell, BSG
Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, Feb 12, 2002 at 06:21:32PM -0500, Stephen Ryan wrote: > [...] > > I'd just like to say that I concur completely with Stephen Ryan's > analysis in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. > > Thanks for stepping back and taking a look at the forest while I > eye

Re: Problems in GNU FDL 1.2 Draft

2002-02-13 Thread Walter Landry
[Excellent Analysis by Stephen Ryan omitted] This all begs the question, why does the FDL exist at all? The rationale given at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/why-gfdl.html is that it will encourage commercial entities to fund free documentation. However, it still requires the documentation to b