[Fsf-Debian] Silent here

[Bryan Baldwin]

On 11/25/12 13:17, Kete wrote:
> In that speech, Richard Stallman said:
>> To modify them is to misrepresent the authors; so modifying these
>> works is
>> not a socially useful activity. And so verbatim copying is the only
>> thing
>> that people really need to be allowed to do.
>
> Creative Commons argues against this reasoning because it is not
> necessary to
> lock down your opinions in order to defend yourself from
> misrepresentation.

That could be either true or not. It does not raise a user freedom issue.

> On Sunday, November 25, 2012 09:13:08 AM Bryan Baldwin wrote:
>> I see no reason to treat firmware differently from software.
>
> I do not interpret OdyX as saying we should; I think Didier Raboud is
> saying
> if we treated the documentation differently, then that is analogous to
> distinguishing firmware from software.

If that's true, it snaps back to my original statement that such
assertions involve no productive thought, and are a waste of time.
Whether anyone likes them or not, FSF have produced reasons beyond a
simple assertion that documentation is sufficiently different from
software to warrant separate licensing. There's a "use case", so to speak.

If Mr. Raboud is saying firmware is different to software "just 'cause",
without a reason, then he is saying that not liking other people's
reasons for doing things is analogous to doing something for no reason
at all. The argument is advanced no-where, and he has wasted our time.