Re: [libreplanet-discuss] GFDL with Invariant Sections or other unmodifiable parts. Was: Final Thesis: H-node

[Thomas Harding]

Le 19/05/2013 14:52, Michael Dorrington a écrit :
> I posted in December 2012 and January 2013 to this list about how
> including manuals which are under the GFDL with Invariant Sections or
> other unmodifiable parts (which is similar to a CC with ND licence) in a
> distribution makes that distribution non-free.  The FSF agree in this
> article:
>
> http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/copyright-and-globalization.html#opinions
>
[..]

> However, the FSF still distribute manuals under the GFDL with Invariant
> Sections or other unmodifiable parts.
>
> The FSF's "Guidelines for Free System Distributions" does not forbid the
> inclusion of manuals under this licence so a distribution conforming to
> those guidelines does not mean it is free.  And, for example, Trisquel
> includes such manuals in its repo which (I assume) is setup on install
> thus making Trisquel a non-free distribution.
[...]
> How can we get the FSF to recognise this and so change the licence it
> uses for its manuals to be a free one?
>
>
This is one historical point of disagreement between
Debian(FSGuidelines)/FSF,
and has been highly discussed. Unfortunately...

Sometimes opinions are not flexible: you should wait for a good
circumstance.

This thread and issued document by Michal could emphasize the problem, but
you're pleased to find a solution ;)

-- 
TSFH