On 31/03/16 14:39, Kristaps Dzonsons wrote: >>> Is there any interest in integrating this tool to have manpages in the >>> doc distribution without downstream bits? >> >> I think that would be cool. Integrating your tool into the source >> tree would mean that as the comment formats evolve, your tool would >> evolve in lock-step. If your tool is kept separate, then we might >> change the documentation comment format without telling you, and break >> things. >> >> One issue is the license. SQLite is public domain, not BSD (or ISC). >> Is it even possible for citizens of Latvia to release something to the >> public domain? In any event, some paperwork would have to flow >> between us to make that happen. Though, maybe that is not a huge >> concern as we are not nearly as persnickety with licensing for the >> documentation as we are with the code, and this tool would go in the >> separate documentation repository >> (https://www.sqlite.org/docsrc/timeline), not in the main code >> repository. >> >> Would an even better solution be to enhance the capi3ref TCL script to >> spit out mdoc files in parallel to the HTML documentation it currently >> produces? > > Richard, > > As for public domain, I'm happy to put the sources under a similar > license. I can't speak for the voodoo of the public domain and the EU > (or is it country-by-country?), however.
>From an English translation I found of the Latvian law includes moral rights and is closer to the droit d'auteur than copyright. So it seems difficult to place your work in the public domain. I would advise you to contact the FSF, FSFE Legal or SFLC in this matter if you want a general advice without legal fees. This entire topic as been discussed in context of Wikimedia's projects, especially Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons, and CC0, so you might find information about Latvia there. - Matthias-Christian
