MJ Ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 2004-06-04 11:43:45 +0100 Matthieu Delahaye <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >> [...] I just want to know if there is a list of >> common license for documentation that are definitively known to be >> DFSG >> free. > > I'm not sure about definitive, but generally most DFSG-free licences > would work for any software and there are benefits from having your > manuals under the same licence as your program. > > Related, is the following licence DFSG-free: > > "I grant permission to you to do any act with my work. Please ask me > to link to mirrors. Please link to this site and credit the > contributors. No warranty offered and no liability accepted."
Wordings like "please" don't seem to carry much legal value, so I suppose it might even be GPL compatible, though I guess some would frown upon the request for credit. > ? Also, does it seem legally useful? Ask a lawyer about that. -- Måns Rullgård [EMAIL PROTECTED]