vjs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Vernon Schryver) wrote on 19.10.04 in <200410191522.i9JFMFpJ009867@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > Someone wrote me privately: > > ] For an open source guy he > ] has some pretty funny legal language: > ] > ] http://www.catb.org/~esr/copying.html > > That page includes this restriction: > > } You may not make or redistribute static copies (whether print or > } online) without my express permission. This is an interesting point in case. He shares this idea with rms, who uses the GFDL for a similar goal. *Huge* parts of the community do not share that idea. There's a reason Debian, for example, sees the GFDL as a non-free license. A number of more and less prominent *gcc developers* (people who assign their copyrights to rms' FSF) share this particular concern and think that text *should* be under the same kind of free licenses as software. So be careful with statements about representing these people! MfG Kai _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf