On 3/16/06, Nathanael Nerode <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is all very well for the DFSG, but I just noticed that the DRM > restriction, read literally, prohibits placing copies on ftpmaster (since > access to those copies for most people is blocked by technical measures).
I believe that the reasoning you're using here would also support the claim that you can't carry a GFDL'd document on a plane which crosses the atlantic ocean, because that would block copying through technical measures. However, I also think that this reasoning is bogus. It seems clear that the GFDL means "copying" in the sense of copyright law: The relevant issue is whether someone who possesses a copy is allowed to make further copies. Technical measures are measures which would prevent this. Technical measures have nothing to do with the case where a person does not possess a copy of the work. (Which I've tried to illustrate by bringing the atlantic ocean into the discussion.) -- Raul
