discuss: [fdfl & debian guys]
Subject:
Re: [fdfl & debian guys]
From:
Colin Watson ####@####.####
Date:
22 Apr 2003 18:24:07 -0000
Message-Id: <20030422182401.GC4630@riva.ucam.org>
On Tue, Apr 22, 2003 at 07:35:58AM -0600, John Fleck wrote:
> On Mon, 2003-04-21 at 10:51, Colin Watson wrote:
> > I suggest that authors stick to GFDL 1.1 until 1.2 is well-understood,
> > but apart from that I would recommend not worrying about it for now.
>
> Does this help given that the standard license declaration used in many
> LDP docs states:
>
> "Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
> under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1
> or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation...."
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Yes. People redistributing documents under GFDL 1.1 are not obliged to
use the latest version, although they may choose to do so. Anyone who
has a problem with version 1.2 can simply use 1.1.
--
Colin Watson ####@####.####
