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Re: Manifesto License Requirements (was Re: Manifesto / policyissues)
> * Content modification must be allowed, although non-modifiable
> parts are permitted
I don't agree with this. It conflicts with the non-free section
that has been agreed on.
> * Redistribution, both commercial and noncommercial, must be allowed
> * The license must propagate to derived works
This also conflicts with the non-free section we agreed on.
>The basic requirement of allowing anyone to make copies and distribute
>the documents is not even mentioned in the draft (even for docs which
>would go into our "free" section).
>
> Licenses that do not meet these recommendations are allowed, but
> documents employing these licenses are archived separately under
> "non-free".
>
>We can't just allow any license (or no license). Anything we accept
>should have a license which permits copying and distribution of the
>doc by anyone.
Electronic distribution yes. Commercial Paper distribution no. If the
author chooses.
>
>
I guess what I don't understand is why we can not just say, for the
document to placed in the free section it must adhere to the OpenSource
Definitiaon of Open Source.
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