I realize gtk-doc doesn't use yelp's tool chain, but just as a point of comparison, yelp-xsl's COPYING file goes to some trouble to clarify this kind of situation and give broad permissions on generated files:
https://git.gnome.org/browse/yelp-xsl/tree/COPYING Stefan, I don't know how much control you have over the copyrights of these files, but I'd suggest doing something similar if possible. -- Shaun On Fri, 2013-05-31 at 14:25 +0200, Stefan Sauer wrote: > +legal-list, any suggestions? > > Stefan > > On 02/04/2013 11:03 PM, Jeff Johnston wrote: > > On 12/14/2012 01:11 PM, David Nečas wrote: > >> On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 12:54:13PM -0500, Jeff Johnston wrote: > >>> I personally like the exception method ala Autotools but would be > >>> fine with the GFDL 1.3 license which has already been cleared with > >>> Eclipse.org. > >> > >> I hope that whatever license is chosen it is meant to be be dual with > >> GNU GPL under which they are implicitly licensed now. GNU FDL is a > >> peculiar license, incompatible with GNU GPL(!) and in some variants > >> verging on non-free, whether cleared by eclipse.org or not. If the > >> files were GNU FDL license I am afraid many would nave to look for > >> replacements under a different license. > >> > >>> Is there any way of contacting the original contributor of the .png > >>> files to have them licensed? If not, I would suggest replacing > >>> them. It should be simple to find such icons with an appropriate > >>> license. > >> > >> As someone who likes the current images and their current license I > >> wonder what is the best way to keep them used when the documentation of > >> my projects is compiled. > >> > >> Yeti > >> > > > > Any progress on this? This is potentially a serious issue. Should I > > open a bug against gtk docs? > > > > GPL would be unacceptable from our stand-point for documentation. I > > think the best solution would be that the owner of the documentation > > gets to decide how to license the generated files (i.e. they purposely > > have no license information). > > > > The icons still need to be dealt with. > > > > -- Jeff > > > > _______________________________________________ > > gtk-doc-list mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-doc-list > > _______________________________________________ > legal-list mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/legal-list > -- > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/board-list > > From time to time confidential and sensitive information will be discussed > on this mailing list. Please take care to mark confidential information as > confidential, and do not redistribute this information without permission. _______________________________________________ gtk-doc-list mailing list [email protected] https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-doc-list
