On 02/23/2013 06:47 AM, Craig Bradney wrote: > Hi Ale > > >> it's about setting some clear rules and sticking to it. > our rules have not changed. > >> >> p.s.: in the specific case, being a teacher i can assume that i can use >> the documentation provided by a free linux distribution for every >> meaningful use, provided i mention where i took the resources and use >> the least liberal of the (compatible among each other!) licenses. >> what can i do if one resources forbids creating an epub, the other pdfs >> and the third one distributing printed copies? > You need to do that anyway. One distro does not guarantee all licenses are > the same. Each free > license has different terms. > > For your teaching purposes, you can use the Scribus docs, no problem, as long > as you aren't making a > printed book from the docs for reasons other than for teaching and selling it > with the aim of making > profit without feeding any of the money back to the authors/Scribus. Using it > for teaching Scribus > is fine. > My reading of the licence is that one can print the manual for their own use if they see fit, and could even distribute in a class. This is not the same as publishing in print form, which is the only thing restricted.
I certainly agree with Laszlo that a heated discussion about this is not productive, and not something users in general want to see. We're only looking for some workarounds, and perhaps a way for Fedora and others to more easily include the docs by some means. Greg
