First I would like to thank you all for taking the time to respond to
my email message. I really appreciate the feedback I will try, as best
I can to address the questions you have asked:
Alan:
You asked if he had given a reason for his request that I remove his
book from my web site. The only
Hi All,
I have a question on the GNU Free Document License. I apologize if I
have come to the wrong forum to discuss this (if so perhaps someone
would be kind enough to direct me to the correct group should such a
group exist).
My problem is as follows:
I run a web site that contains a small
nealweston writes:
As far as I am aware to conform with the GFDL he must make a
transparent version of his book available for others to use or
redistribute.
If he is the sole author of the book he is not required to do anything.
The license states the conditions under which he, as copyright
John Hasler wrote:
[...]
The license states the conditions under which he, as copyright owner, has
granted recipients of copies the right to distribute copies.
Recepients of copies have the statutory right to distribute those
copies. The copyright owner just can't grant it because it's the
I have a question on the GNU Free Document License. I apologize if
I have come to the wrong forum to discuss this (if so perhaps
someone would be kind enough to direct me to the correct group
should such a group exist).
This is as good a place as any if you are looking for non-legal
I'd be interested to hear if others share my interpretation of
this license or if there is some clause that I have missed. Does
this author have the right to ask me to remove his book from my
web site or am I within my rights to decline given that the book
is covered by the
