discuss: [mmourani@sympatico.ca: securing and optimizing linux authors]
Subject:
Re: [mmourani@sympatico.ca: securing and optimizing linux authors]
From:
David Lawyer ####@####.####
Date:
31 May 2001 06:30:13 -0000
Message-Id: <20010530232951.A367@lafn.org>
Re: 'securing and optimizing linux: red hat edition' (a LDP
guide which had it's license changed for a new edition)
On Wed, May 23, 2001 at 05:13:17PM -0700, Joshua -Poet- Drake wrote:
> Hello,
>
> It is important to remember that this document was never "Free" as in FSF.
> It was free as in "beer".
It was not only free in cost but anyone could copy and distribute it.
True, it wasn't FSF-free, but it was licensed under the "Open
Publication License" with both restrictive options enabled. Now, sad
to say, it isn't free in any sense of the word.
> If we do not wish to link to it I have no problem with that. It is not an
> OpenDocs pub anymore anyway :).
>
> I already informed the author that there is no way that we would host the
> document without it being at least free as in beer.
>
David Lawyer
