Ututo-e, the 'only free distribution' (NewsForge) [LWN.net]

Ututo-e, the 'only free distribution' (NewsForge)

Posted Apr 28, 2005 18:16 UTC (Thu) by tao (subscriber, #17563)
In reply to: Ututo-e, the 'only free distribution' (NewsForge) by JoeBuck
Parent article: Ututo-e, the 'only free distribution' (NewsForge)

Well, I'm pretty sure ututo-e contains GFDL:d documents, hence it's nonfree...

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Ututo-e, the 'only free distribution' (NewsForge)

Posted Apr 28, 2005 19:27 UTC (Thu) by JoeBuck (subscriber, #2330) [Link] (1 responses)

But RMS disagrees, so to him a distro with GFDL manuals is free.

Now, I agree with the Debian folks that there are problems with the GFDL, even though I have some sympathy for what RMS is trying to do with the invariant sections. He feels that people have been trying to write him out of history for years (like ESR and friends trying to keep RMS out of conferences, thinking he'd be bad for business), and that it's appropriate for him to use the means of the GFDL to get his message out. I think that the message would go out just as well without invariant sections.

Ututo-e, the 'only free distribution' (NewsForge)

Posted Apr 28, 2005 21:12 UTC (Thu) by gallir (guest, #5735) [Link]

Really? Is it true what you said about ESR?

Not quite surprising, but it's the first time I read it.

Can you give some pointers where I can read more?