"Gueven Bay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb am 02.05.05 15:17:08: Lewis Jardine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb am 02.05.05 14:54:31: > > Gueven Bay wrote: > > Now, I am confused. > > > > If I understand the above right, then it is permitted to take a text of > > wikipedia > > and redistribute it under the GPL? But the first answer to my post was > > negative ? > > Sorry about all this. My observation was pedantic, not particularly > relevant, and has introduced needless confusion. > > The GPL does not grant permission to distribute under the GFDL, nor does > the GFDL grant permission to distribute under the GPL. > > If the legal copyright holder(s) licenses the work under both, then > legal recipients can distribute under both, one, or the other. If you > can find the author(s) of the text you're wanting to reproduce from > Wikipedia, and get them to agree to a license under the GPL, then that > would allow you to legally incorporate the GFDL text. > > I apologise for all the confusion I've caused. > > ----you can ignore this bit---- > It was implied that you can't /ever/ distribute under both the GPL and > the GFDL; you can, but only if you are (or have permission from) all of > the copyright holders. The licenses do, however, prevent you from > mandating that recipients distribute the work under both licenses (this > would be an additional restriction on both licenses); you have to give > them permission to use one, the other, or both, at their option. > ----you can ignore this bit---- > > > -- > Lewis Jardine > IANAL, IANADD So, thanks for solving my questions/problems. Regards Gueven Bay
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