Hello everyone !
I have a question about the GNU-FDL licence when I publish a document on the web. My problem is the interpretation of the rule "100 copy => transparent format". When I publish a FDL-licensed document on-line (free download) do have to suppose that the 100 copy rule applies ?
I have two user-case.
1. I typeset a LaTeX document for basis school in physics. The website where I publish only accepts one file[1]. So I prefer to publish a pdf version instead of a zip with the pdf and the LaTeX sources files. This is simpler for the reader. The pdf format being an opaque format, do I violate my own FDL licence ? Of course, I left my email address in the document and I send LaTeX source-files to everyone ask.
2. The second user case is much more trollful ... but it is truth. We want to create collaborative physics and mathematics texbooks[2], but most of potential collaborators are Word-users. You know that arguments like "freedom, interoperability and so on" do not work because "everyone has Word, thus in fact OOo is not interoperable" ... hum ... A good argument in order to use an open format and FDL licence is that one cannot make "copy-paste" from Wikipedia to Word and publish the result on the web because of Wikipedia's FDL licence.
So : does the FDL imposes the "100 copy" rule to any on-line document ?
Thanks a lot Laurent
[1] Namely : http://www.enseignons.be/secondaire/preparations-34-mecanique-optique-relati... [2] In french. If you are interested, see http://www.enseignons.be/forum/ftopic5306-0-asc-20.php