[Foundation-l] Invariant Sections (was "Fair Use does not apply to DSM material or any other APA/APPI content." um, wtf?)

[xkernigh at netscape.net]

Ray Saintonge <saintonge at 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]]
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