discuss: Documentation licensing
Subject:
Re: Documentation Licensing
From:
Terrence Enger ####@####.####
Date:
12 Apr 2004 21:12:43 -0000
Message-Id: <3.0.3.32.20040412171038.006d8e90@mail.look.ca>
At 13:15 2004-04-12 -0700, Rick Moen wrote:
> [Reverse bastard copyleft clause.]
>
> Debian's (unofficial) DFSG FAQ lists sundry licence terms that, if
> applied to an otherwise DFSG-free work, renders it non-free. You might
> be referring to that.
Yes, my concern was with Debian policy rather than with law.
Looking again, I see that The Debian Free Software
Guidelines (DFSG)
<http://www.debian.org/social_contract#guidelines>, point 4
"Integrity of The Author's Source Code", includes the
sentence, "The license may require derived works to carry a
different name or version number from the original
software." This is at least in the direction that I would
like to see, even if it does not apply to the author's name.
Of course, never having written anything which would be of
general interest, I am just picking at a theoretical
nuisance anyway.
Terry.
