Re: Creative Commons people working on

On Thu, 18 Dec 2003, Daniel Mayer wrote:

> Imran wrote:
> >Daniel Mayer wrote:
> >> on a Lessor GNU FDL.  Then we would need the GNU people add a line to 
> >> GNU FDL  2.0 granting any GNU FDL content without invariant sections,
> >> back/front cover texts etc to be relicensed under either the CC-by-sa or 
> >> the  LGFDL  
> >
> >Not going to happen. The FSF won't allow relicencing unless they
> >believe it is in the interest of all GFDL users, which it isn't. 
> 
> How in the world would allowing no-option GFDL text to be interchangeable with 
> the CC equivalent license /not/ be in the best interests of GFDL users? 

Because the CC equivalent license is not equivalent, there are many minor
sections where the GFDL doesn't allow something allowed by CC, for
instance the section on Opaque/Transparent sections.

> We are also by far the largest user of the GNU FDL license. So our wants and 
> needs should be considered to be very important to the GNU people. 

(rhetorical)
More important then the principles the FSF was founded on ?

Imran
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