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Before this gets out of hand...

Before this gets out of hand...

Posted Nov 19, 2003 18:57 UTC (Wed) by v-i (guest, #16996)
In reply to: Before this gets out of hand... by coriordan
Parent article: Thomas Bushnell is no longer Hurd maintainer

RMS defends the GFDL because it gives users all of the *useful* freedoms they need. The GPL also restricts certain actions, but only non-useful actions.
You didn't differentiate between the GPL and the GFDL with this comment: you're saying both restrict only non-useful actions. Thomas Bushnell says "It is not possible to borrow text from a GFDL'd manual and incorporate it in any free software program whatsoever." To me, that certainly looks like an useful freedom to have.


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