Karsten Wade <kw...@redhat.com> wrote: > On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 03:25:16PM +0100, MJ Ray wrote: > > The usual argument for dual-licensing textbooks and developer manuals > > under the GPL is that then any program code copied or adapted from > > pseudo-code is obviously usable in GPL'd programs. [...] > > If we wanted to be sure code/pseudo-code was usable, could it be > separately licensed from the rest of the work?
It could, but what's the advantage of the extra licensing bureaucracy involved in doing that instead of dual-licensing it all? While some frown upon using the GPL with its Program terminology (which is actually defined very broadly) for general text, I've not heard of a serious problem in doing so and the GPL is a much older text than CC-BY-SA. I sometimes wonder if Creative Commons and the way the licences under that banner are mostly incompatible with each other and many older popular licences is a plot to keep software copyright lawyers in work after FOSS wins out(!) ;-) > Could we potentially use the GPL'd code in the combined work with the > CC BY SA'd content? It would at least be possible to aggregate them, if not combine. Hope that helps, -- MJ Ray (slef) LMS developer and webmaster at | software www.software.coop http://mjr.towers.org.uk | .... co IMO only: see http://mjr.towers.org.uk/email.html | .... op _______________________________________________ tos mailing list tos@teachingopensource.org http://teachingopensource.org/mailman/listinfo/tos
