[crossfire] the marvels of miscommunication :)

[Miguel Ghobangieno]

I've heard people complaining about the GFDL, what is
the controversy over it?

--- Yann Chachkoff <yann.chachkoff at myrealbox.com>
wrote:

> Le Samedi 21 Janvier 2006 11:53, Miguel Ghobangieno
> a écrit :
> > BSD or... the GPL.
> > You don't need an artistic license.
> >
> Both BSD and GPL are based on the definition of
> "source" and "binary" forms of 
> the product. Those definition are unsuitable for
> work like visual art, 
> because defining what the "source" and the "binary"
> forms of a picture are is 
> just about impossible and questionable. That's the
> reason why the FSF 
> invented the GFDL for written documentation instead
> of using the GPL, for 
> example: the application of the GPL to such works
> was simply too difficult.
> 
> Besides that, the BSD licence is not compatible with
> the GPL and I don't agree 
> with its terms, so that would have been a no-no even
> if it was applicable to 
> a picture.
> 
> One may of course nit-pick about complex ways of
> defining the "source" and the 
> "binaries" of a visual artwork - but relying on
> obscure interpretations of a 
> license to protect your work is definitely a bad
> strategy.
> -- 
> Yann Chachkoff
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