On Thu, 2003-02-27 at 19:09, Axel Boldt wrote:
Erik Moeller writes
Note that the FDL does not mean that you
"lose" your copyrights, only
that others will be able to copy and modify the so-
licensed text. We consider this fair:
Not all of us, as fighting against intellectual property rights
using the tools of intellectual property strikes some as hypocritical.
It might, if this were a project that fights against intellectual
property rights. It isn't. It's a project that fights *for* intellectual
property rights *for everyone*.
We protect everyone's right to use our material by using a license that
explicitly grants rights of use that are by default denied by
intellectual property law, and protecting the public from third party
abusers who would abridge those rights in regards to derivative works (a
protection not afforded by the public domain, for better or worse).
-- brion vibber (brion @
pobox.com)