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www/licenses license-recommendations.html
From: |
Richard M. Stallman |
Subject: |
www/licenses license-recommendations.html |
Date: |
Wed, 05 Sep 2012 02:45:04 +0000 |
CVSROOT: /web/www
Module name: www
Changes by: Richard M. Stallman <rms> 12/09/05 02:45:04
Modified files:
licenses : license-recommendations.html
Log message:
Recommend GNU all-permissive license for short doc works.
CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/licenses/license-recommendations.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.14&r2=1.15
Patches:
Index: license-recommendations.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/licenses/license-recommendations.html,v
retrieving revision 1.14
retrieving revision 1.15
diff -u -b -r1.14 -r1.15
--- license-recommendations.html 28 Jul 2012 01:03:41 -0000 1.14
+++ license-recommendations.html 5 Sep 2012 02:44:25 -0000 1.15
@@ -129,12 +129,15 @@
when those works are distributed or modified.</p>
<p>For short, secondary documentation works, such as a reference card,
-it is better to use a lax permissive license, since a copy of the GFDL
-could hardly fit in a reference card. CC-BY is fine, since the issue
-of patents does not arise for documentation.</p>
-
-<p>For man pages, we recommend the GFDL if the page is long, and a lax
-permissive license if it is short.</p>
+it is better to use
+the <A href="/licenses/license-list.html#GNUAllPermissive"> GNU
+all-permissive license</a>, since a copy of the GFDL could hardly fit
+in a reference card. Don't use CC-BY, since it is incompatible with
+the GFDL.</p>
+
+<p>For man pages, we recommend the GFDL if the page is long, and
+the <A href="/licenses/license-list.html#GNUAllPermissive"> GNU
+all-permissive license</a> if it is short.</p>
<p>Some documentation includes software source code. For instance, a manual
for a programming language might include examples for readers to follow.
@@ -201,7 +204,7 @@
<p>
Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2012/07/28 01:03:41 $
+$Date: 2012/09/05 02:44:25 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
- www/licenses license-recommendations.html,
Richard M. Stallman <=