MJ Ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > =?iso-8859-1?q?Frank_K=FCster?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Would it be possible to create something like a reduced form of the GPL, >> with "program" replaced by "text", "object code" by "typeset form", and >> with all the executable-specific cruft rippeed off (or replaced)? > > It would be possible (see GPL FAQ cited previously), but I think it's > superfluous because the GPL's definition of Program is flexible enough > to include documents.
It might be flexible enough from a legal point of view. But then, it seems the minds of authors aren't always flexible enough. Perhaps I would have to help them bend and stretch... > It's undesirable because GPL-doc would be > incompatible with GPL unless you make specific provision for a LGPL-style > upgrade. For real standalone documentation, I don't know wether this would be a problem in practice. Hm. I should read about compatibility of GPL'ed code with BSD or artistic licensed code. Regards, Frank -- Frank Küster Inst. f. Biochemie der Univ. Zürich Debian Developer
