On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 20:34:16 +0100 Uwe Brauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello > > I apologise for the off topic question. But lately I am inclined to > use the OPL license for some documents of mine. > > However the relevant web site looks quite dead, subscription to the > mailing list was not answered, the author did not reply to a question. > > Does anybody know about the status of the OPL license project? For > example semi-official translations. > > > Another question concerns the FLD. What make me hesitate to use the > FLD, is the fact that it allows unrestricted modifications without > consulting the author. Now while this is fine for a manual, it seems > to me too "liberal" for documents like a book. Does anybody know > whether there a plans, for example from the FSF, to release a more > restrictive documentation license, something like one could then call > lesser FLD. > > Thanks and regards > > > Uwe Brauer > _______________________________________________ You might consider the Creative Commons licenses for such books. They offer a variety of open licenses for books, music, images, etc. I believe it's: http://creativecommons.org/ Hope this helps, Don -- evangelinux GNU Evangelist http://matheteuo.org/ http://chaddb.sourceforge.net/ "Free software is like God's love - you can share it with anyone anytime anywhere." _______________________________________________ Gnu-misc-discuss mailing list Gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
