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<h1>Re: DGPL [rms@gnu.org: Doc license]</h1>
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<li><em>To</em>: Gregory Leblanc <<A HREF="mailto:gleblanc@cu-portland.edu">gleblanc@cu-portland.edu</A>></li>
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<li><em>Subject</em>: Re: DGPL [rms@gnu.org: Doc license]</li>
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<li><em>From</em>: Guylhem Aznar <<A HREF="mailto:guylhem@oeil.qc.ca">guylhem@oeil.qc.ca</A>></li>
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<li><em>Date</em>: Thu, 16 Dec 1999 23:36:37 +0100</li>
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<li><em>In-reply-to</em>: <<a href="msg00903.html">38587963.D36C2F23@cu-portland.edu</a>>; from gleblanc@cu-portland.edu on Wed, Dec 15, 1999 at 09:32:19PM -0800</li>
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On Wed, Dec 15, 1999 at 09:32:19PM -0800, Gregory Leblanc wrote:
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> > "They who can give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary
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> > safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin
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> one of my favorite quotes. :)
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Now my favorite one :-)
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Took me time, but I more or less understand what is happening, how our
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liberties are sold or simply 'deleted' by some stupid law (digital
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millenium is a good example)
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> > For short works which become much larger if this License is added, we
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> > recommend simply putting them in the public domain.
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> I have no idea what the last sentence here could really mean, unless
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> he's referring to VERY short articles, in which case I almost follow.
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I think it's referring to the READMEs or comments (/* */) in source code
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> > You may also lend copies, under the same conditions stated above, and
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> > you may publicly display copies.
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> Perhaps better put as "You may also lend or display copies, under the
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> same conditions stated above." Unless you may display copies NOT under
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> the condidions above.
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(*)
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Dunno. Both sound fine.
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> Not sure on the issues with this one (ie, please make some comments),
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> but I would like to see the authors names displayed on the outside of
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> any printed works, as well as the publisher and the title.
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It's the purpose of this section.
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> Perhaps another mention that these must be marked as modifications to
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> the original work?
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You *can't* change NTS.
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> version, and I don't have the option of saying that it's only valid for
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> version 1.3, and no others.
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(*)
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As the copyright holder you can add this, but it doesn't make much
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sense. License arent't changing that fast.
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> This license feels pretty tough to me, which is probably a good thing.
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> I'm going to go back and really the OCL again (which I really liked the
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> first time I read it) and see what it says, just for comparison.
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Ok, please tell me.
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(I'll forward your (*) requests, but please tell me if you want the
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others to be sent too)
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--
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Guylhem Aznar, Linux Documentation Project: <A HREF="http://www.linuxdoc.org">http://www.linuxdoc.org</A>
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"They who can give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary
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