Ray Saintonge saintonge@telus.net wrote:
It would probably be impractical for us to take anything but the
definitions from thes works, but I do note that the quoted comments say "we do not allow anyone to alter our material". The GFDL does allow alterations, but also allows invariable sections. We allow the downstream user to do what he will with the material, with no declaration of invariant sections. Wouldn't it make more sense to have all quotations declared invariant.
No. The idea of "Invariant Section" is to have a section that can never be altered or _removed_ from a GFDL book.
For example, if I modify the manual for GNU Emacs, I cannot modify "GNU General Public License", "The GNU Manifesto", nor "Distribution" (which explains how to obtain Emacs from GNU), but further, I must include all three of those sections with my modified manual.
Suppose that all quotes in Wikibooks are Invariant Sections. Then even if I want to copy and redistribute one chapter of a Wikibook, then I must also include all of the quotes found in all other chapters of that Wikibook. If I want to merge one chapter of that Wikibook into a Wikipedia article, then Wikipedia must contain all of the Invariant-Section quotes from the Wikibook, even quotes that are now irrelevant. Further, these quotes must all be in separate sections, not directly in the Wikipedia article. -- [[Wikibooks:User:Kernigh]] ___________________________________________________ Try the New Netscape Mail Today! Virtually Spam-Free | More Storage | Import Your Contact List http://mail.netscape.com