Re: Gnus Manual License

2006-10-12 Thread Hubert Chan
On Thu, 12 Oct 2006 20:19:24 +0200, Daniel Brockman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > David Kastrup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Maybe you should ask that question to the publishers who refused >> printing GNU manuals under simpler licenses. There is a _reason_ >> that the GFDL was created. > Why do

Re: Gnus Manual License

2006-10-12 Thread David Kastrup
Daniel Brockman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > David Kastrup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> Maybe you should ask that question to the publishers who >> refused printing GNU manuals under simpler licenses. >> There is a _reason_ that the GFDL was created. > > Why doesn't the FSF ask them that ques

Re: Gnus Manual License

2006-10-12 Thread Hubert Chan
On Thu, 12 Oct 2006 11:17:01 +0200, David Kastrup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Hubert Chan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> On Wed, 11 Oct 2006 00:29:21 +0200, David Kastrup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >> >>> Hubert Chan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: In that case, what you wrote doesn't make sense

Re: Gnus Manual License

2006-10-12 Thread Daniel Brockman
David Kastrup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Maybe you should ask that question to the publishers who > refused printing GNU manuals under simpler licenses. > There is a _reason_ that the GFDL was created. Why doesn't the FSF ask them that question? -- Daniel Brockman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- T

Re: Gnus Manual License

2006-10-12 Thread Peter Galbraith
David Kastrup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If I cannot legally satisfy the conditions of the license, > > then I cannot redistribute. > > But you can satisfy the conditions of the license. His point was that following the copyright license doesn't mean that you aren't breaching some o

Re: Gnus Manual License

2006-10-12 Thread David Kastrup
Hubert Chan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, 11 Oct 2006 00:29:21 +0200, David Kastrup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > >> Hubert Chan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>> In that case, what you wrote doesn't make sense to me. >>> >>> If I make false claims, then the FSF has to bear the consequences?

Re: Gnus Manual License

2006-10-12 Thread Peter S Galbraith
[Why is this discussion on debian-emacsen?] Hubert Chan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 11 Oct 2006 00:29:21 +0200, David Kastrup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > >>> Then add "changed outside the GNU project" after it, and nobody need > >>> ever add another line in order to keep it true. > >>