On Wednesday 20 August 2003 02:16, Scott James Remnant wrote: > "The biggest deficiency in our free operating systems is not in the > software--it is the lack of good free manuals that we can include in > our systems. Documentation is an essential part of any software > package; when an important free software package does not come with a > good free manual, that is a major gap. We have many such gaps today. > > "Free documentation, like free software, is a matter of freedom, not > price. The criterion for a free manual is pretty much the same as for > free software: it is a matter of giving all users certain freedoms. > Redistribution (including commercial sale) must be permitted, on-line > and on paper, so that the manual can accompany every copy of the > program. > > "Permission for modification is crucial too." > > - Richard Stallman, 1998
Fantastic, GFDL doesn't even match his own words... Mike PS: BTW, he said free documentation was important, not that non-free documentation was evil ;)
