discuss: User Authentication Howto - license issue?
Subject:
User Authentication Howto - license issue?
From:
Floris Lambrechts ####@####.####
Date:
29 Mar 2004 18:58:59 -0000
Message-Id: <courier.406871F1.00003A05@softhome.net>
On Friday 26 March 2004 14:56, you (Guylhem Aznar) wrote:
> Bonjour, Hello,
>
> On Wed, 24 Mar 2004 18:49:11 +0100
> > So here we are.
> > What's next? The last update to this howto was made in May 2000. Maybe
> > someone from tldp can contact the author?
> If the license allows it, you can take over this document.
>
> Bien a vous - Best regards,
> Guylhem P. Aznar
Hmm... I'm still hoping the original author takes it back, but I know
that's unlikely.
You talk about the license of the article, and it's not FDL or something
similar. It says, among other things, "Any translation or derived work
must be approved by the author in writing before distribution."
I did not have this permission from him, so I think I have violated the
license by just fixing the document!
Is this true? Can we not update the document until we hear from the author?
You can read the license here:
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/User-Authentication-HOWTO/x40.html#AEN51
regards
floris
