Alexandre Oliva wrote:
On May 14, 2007, Rahul Sundaram <sundaram@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Alexandre Oliva wrote:
Documentation is important for software, but it's not software. It
ought to be modifyable such that it can be maintained in sync with the
software. Invariant sections don't stop this if used properly.
There is there no guarantee that it will be used properly.
The point being?
It is open to abuse.
If anybody adds text like say "Free software sucks" in a invariant
section then we can't include that documentation
Why not?
Unrelated to technical content.
Documentation is not software. Licenses are not software. I'm trying
to discuss software freedom issues. What are you trying to prove with
this distraction?
It is not a distraction from a distribution view point. We don't
distribute just software. When discussing freedom in software how it
applies to document is very related.
So can software licenses and copyright notices. So what are you going
to do, ban software licenses and copyright notices because they can be
abused?
Invariant sections in document has nothing in common with license and
copyright notices.
Oh, non-Free firmware can also be abused. Can we ban it too, pretty
please? ;-)
How are you helping? There is still no packaging draft presented.
Rahul
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