[gnu-pl] wwwgnudiff - raport nr 52

[Wojciech Kotwica]

--- prev/licenses/licenses.html Mon Mar 17 05:14:46 2003
+++ curr/./licenses/licenses.html       Thu Mar 27 05:12:26 2003
@@ -40,18 +40,22 @@
 <H4>Table of Contents</H4>
 <UL>
-  <LI><A HREF="/licenses/licenses.html#GPL"
+  <LI><A HREF="licenses.html#Intro"
+       NAME="TOIntro">Introduction</A>
+  <LI><A HREF="licenses.html#GPL"
        NAME="TOCGPL">The GNU General Public License</A>
-  <LI><A HREF="/licenses/licenses.html#LGPL"
+  <LI><A HREF="licenses.html#LGPL"
        NAME="TOCLGPL">The GNU Lesser General Public License</A>
-  <LI><A HREF="/licenses/licenses.html#FDL"
+  <LI><A HREF="licenses.html#FDL"
        NAME="TOCFDL">The GNU Free Documentation License</A>
-  <LI><A HREF="/licenses/licenses.html#Translations"
+  <LI><A HREF="licenses.html#Translations"
        NAME="TOCTranslations">Unofficial Translations</A>
-  <LI><A HREF="/licenses/licenses.html#VerbatimCopying"
+  <LI><A HREF="licenses.html#VerbatimCopying"
        NAME="TOCVerbatimCopying">Verbatim copying and distribution</A>
-  <LI><A HREF="/licenses/licenses.html#LicenseList"
+  <LI><A HREF="licenses.html#LicenseList"
        NAME="TOCLicenseList">List of Free Software Licenses</A>
-  <LI><A HREF="/licenses/licenses.html#WhatIsCopyleft"
+  <LI><A HREF="licenses.html#WhatIsCopyleft"
        NAME="TOCWhatIsCopyleft">What is Copyleft?</A>
+  <LI><A HREF="licenses.html#OtherWorks"
+       NAME="TOCOtherWorks">Licenses for Other Types of Works</A>
 </UL>
 
@@ -60,7 +64,29 @@
 <HR>
 
+<H3><A HREF="licenses.html#TOCIntro"
+       NAME="Intro">Introduction</A></H3>
 <P>
 
-<H3><A HREF="/licenses/licenses.html#TOCGPL"
+Published software should be <A HREF="/philosophy/free-sw.html"> free
+software</A>.  To make it free software, you need to release it under
+a free software license.  We normally use the <A
+HREF="licenses.html#GPL"> GNU General Public License</A> (GNU GPL),
+but occasionally we use <A HREF="licenses.html#LicenseList"> other
+free software licenses</A>.  We use only licenses that are compatible
+with the GNU GPL for GNU software.
+<P>
+
+Documentation for free software should be <A
+HREF="/philosophy/free-doc.html">free documentation </A>, so that
+people can redistribute it and improve it along with the software it
+describes.  To make it free documentation, you need to release it
+under a free documentation license.  We normally use the <A
+HREF="licenses.html#FDL"> GNU Free Documentation License</A> (GNU
+FDL), but occasionally we use <A HREF="licenses.html#LicenseList">
+other free documentation licenses</A>.
+
+<P>
+
+<H3><A HREF="licenses.html#TOCGPL"
        NAME="GPL">The GNU General Public License</A></H3>
 <P>
@@ -86,5 +112,5 @@
 </UL>
 <p>
-<H3><A HREF="/licenses/licenses.html#TOCLGPL"
+<H3><A HREF="licenses.html#TOCLGPL"
        NAME="LGPL">The GNU Lesser General Public License</A></H3>
 <P>
@@ -106,5 +132,5 @@
 
 <P>
-<H3><A HREF="/licenses/licenses.html#TOCFDL"
+<H3><A HREF="licenses.html#TOCFDL"
        NAME="FDL">The GNU Free Documentation License</A></H3>
 <P>
@@ -133,5 +159,5 @@
 <P>
 
-<H4><A HREF="/licenses/licenses.html#TOCTranslations"
+<H4><A HREF="licenses.html#TOCTranslations"
        NAME="Translations">Unofficial Translations</A></H4>
 <P>
@@ -149,5 +175,5 @@
 <p>
 
-<H4><A HREF="/licenses/licenses.html#TOCVerbatimCopying"
+<H4><A HREF="licenses.html#TOCVerbatimCopying"
        NAME="VerbatimCopying">Verbatim copying and distribution</A></H4>
 <P>
@@ -168,5 +194,5 @@
 <P>
 
-<H3><A HREF="/licenses/licenses.html#TOCLicenseList"
+<H3><A HREF="licenses.html#TOCLicenseList"
        NAME="LicenseList">List of Free Software Licenses</A></H3>
 <p>
@@ -176,5 +202,5 @@
 <p>
 
-<H3><A HREF="/licenses/licenses.html#TOCWhatIsCopyleft"
+<H3><A HREF="licenses.html#TOCWhatIsCopyleft"
        NAME="WhatIsCopyleft">What Is Copyleft?</A></H3>
 
@@ -271,4 +297,30 @@
 
 <P>
+<H3><A HREF="licenses.html#TOCOtherWorks"
+       NAME="OtherWorks">Licenses for Other Types of Works</A></H3>
+<P>
+
+We believe that published software and documentation should be <A
+HREF="licenses.html#Intro"> free software and free documentation</A>.
+We recommend making all sorts of educational and reference works free
+also, using free documentation licenses such as the
+<A HREF="licenses.html#FDL">GNU Free Documentation License</A> (GNU FDL).
+<P>
+
+For other kinds of works, we recommend you consider the licenses
+proposed by <A HREF="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/";>Creative
+Commons</A>.
+<P>
+
+However, when using them, we strongly urge you to reject the option to
+reference the license with a link to a URL.  You cannot take for
+granted that the same URL will still function ten years from now;
+fifty years from now, URLs as they exist today may be entirely
+obsolete.  If the URL does not function, that would disconnect your
+work from its license; then it would effectively lose its copying
+permissions, since people won't be able to tell what is permitted.  We
+therefore urge you to include a copy of the license with the work, for
+every work, all the time.
+<P>
 <HR>
 
@@ -311,5 +363,5 @@
 Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2003/03/16 22:08:18 $ $Author: luferbu $
+$Date: 2003/03/26 16:52:17 $ $Author: rms $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
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