> I wouldn't go so far and see documentation as software. Apart from that > I agree that it is important to clarify what one can do with this > documentation (quote, modify, redistribute, etc.) and under which rules > this has to happen. For example, when I quote a paragraph of the > documentation in an email, do I have to provide a copy of the GPL along > with the quote? Because technically I redistribute parts of that work.
This is a topic for debian-legal not debian-pyhton. Discuss it with them
(after looking at the archive), as they are the experts. If there are
problems (= results) that can be brought here again.
--Adam
P.S.: the GPL can be used for any type of work:
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#GPLOtherThanSoftware
P.P.S. (Terminology):
Software = not Hardware
Software != Executable
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