[gnu-pl] wwwgnudiff - raport nr 56

[Wojciech Kotwica]

--- prev/licenses/license-list.html     Thu Mar 13 05:27:44 2003
+++ curr/./licenses/license-list.html   Fri Apr  4 05:12:44 2003
@@ -1239,7 +1239,7 @@
 The GNU GPL <STRONG>can</STRONG> be used for general data which is not
 software, as long as one can determine what the definition of "source
-code" refers to in the particular case.  As it turns out, the DSL also
-requires that you determine what the "source code" is, using
-approximately the same definition that the GPL uses.
+code" refers to in the particular case.  As it turns out, the DSL (see
+below) also requires that you determine what the "source code" is,
+using approximately the same definition that the GPL uses.
 <P>
 <DT>The <A HREF="/copyleft/fdl.html">GNU Free Documentation License</A>.
@@ -1254,6 +1254,8 @@
 <DT> <A HREF="http://dsl.org/copyleft/dsl.txt";>The Design Science License</A>
 
-<DD> This is a free and copyleft license meant for general data, not
-particularly for software.
+<DD> This is a free and copyleft license meant for general data.
+Please don't use it for software or documentation, since it is
+incompatible with the GNU GPL and with the GNU FDL; however, it is
+fine to use for other kinds of data.
 <P>
 
@@ -1263,11 +1265,4 @@
 copylefted work must be free.
 <P>
-
-This license has an unfortunate aspect: it heavily endorses the idea
-that artists deserve special "rights", and uses the term <A
-HREF="/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Creator">"creator"</A> to refer
-to artists.  This does not make it legally any less a free license,
-but it would make some of us think twice about using it.
-
 </DL>
 
@@ -1316,5 +1311,5 @@
 Updated:
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-$Date: 2003/03/11 15:54:34 $ $Author: rms $
+$Date: 2003/04/03 23:16:49 $ $Author: rms $
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