[FM Discuss] Forking an official manual for translation in FM?

[Daniel James]

Hi Tomi,

> There was a reason why FM switched from GFDL to GPL?

For Sourcefabric, it was because the software itself is under GPLv3, so
by using the same license for all products we keep things simpler.

> Does GFDL have some obscure problems that are too horrendous to even
> mention, or is it OK to use it for one manual?

See http://people.debian.org/~srivasta/Position_Statement.xhtml for some
criticisms.

Cheers!

Daniel