From owner-freebsd-doc Tue Feb 5 7:35:21 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from pittgoth.com (14.zlnp1.xdsl.nauticom.net [209.195.149.111]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0227C37B426 for ; Tue, 5 Feb 2002 07:35:16 -0800 (PST) Received: from pittgoth.com (lcl234.zbzoom.net [208.236.36.234]) by pittgoth.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g15Fafa01968; Tue, 5 Feb 2002 10:36:42 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from darklogik@pittgoth.com) Message-ID: <3C5FFDEC.9040905@pittgoth.com> Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2002 10:44:44 -0500 From: Tom Rhodes Reply-To: darklogik@pittgoth.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:0.9.7) Gecko/20011221 X-Accept-Language: en-us MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Simon J Mudd Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Documentation licenses - what choices do I have? References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Simon J Mudd wrote: > Hello, > > This may be inappropriate for this list, but I am not sure where else to > ask and guess the people here at least know the options I have. > > I'm writing a document which initially I've setup a copyright/license > which is basically identical to what I've seen in various RFCs. This is a > document which I want to extend potentially to a wide audience. > > I've been criticised for the current copyright and am looking at the > alternatives: FDL being one and being if I'm not mistaken a GPL-style > license tailored for documentation. > > What type of license do FreeBSD users recommend for using with FreeBSD and > what other options might be appropriate? > > I'm don't want to start up a flame war, I simply don't know where to look > for a document-licensing-howto so that I can compare the different terms > and then decide which is right for me. > > Thanks for any pointers regarding this subject. > > Simon > Please point your browser over to: http://www.freebsd.org/copyright/ and take a look at the various information that has been put up there, its a great resource for anyone in your 'spot' I hope this helps, take care! -- Tom (Darklogik) Rhodes www.Pittgoth.com Gothic Liberation Front www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message