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

[Daniel James]

Hi Adam,

>> For Sourcefabric, it was because the software itself is under GPLv3, so
>> by using the same license for all products we keep things simpler.
> 
> Um. I think you are talking across each other. Fm uses gpl for content.

When uploading images to booki.flossmanuals.net there is an option for
tagging images with Creative Commons licensing. Personally, I would
remove that drop-down and make the screenshots inherit the license of
the manual text. Mixed licensing can be a real headache.

> Dan you are talking about software.

Right, but for Airtime and Newscoop products, both the software and
manuals are released under GPLv3.

So for example if I take a 'getting started' chapter from the manual,
and paste it into the help file for the software, we don't have any
potential license incompatibilities.

In the other direction, I can take chunks of code from the source
tarball and paste it into the manual - we're all good :-)

Cheers!

Daniel