[FM Discuss] "CC" license without "By" -- similar to public domain but has restriction.

[adam hyde]

On Sat, 2009-10-17 at 05:06 +0530, A. Mani wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 2:52 AM, adam hyde <adam at flossmanuals.net> wrote:
> > then you can get material in pdf. html, odt, epub etc and they all have
> > attribution
> >
> > booki will model this but take it a bit further since in FM we use one
> > license (gpl)...to manage a repository with multiple licenses takes more
> > mechanics...
> 
> 
> GFDL or GPL. The GFDL is clearly more easier to interpret for
> documents (including those with source files). Are you sure about the
> compatibility  of the latest GFDL ?

FM uses the GPL...FDL is a nightmare for _any_ document. and the worst
thing possible to use with free documentation since the FDL is _not_
compatible with the GPL (so u cant dist the docs with the code) ...but i
have said this all before :
http://en.flossmanuals.net/FLOSSManuals/FreeDocumentation

adam




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