Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 11:06:36 -0300 From: "Carlos A. M. dos Santos" <unixmania@gmail.com> To: "FreeBSD Ports List" <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Copyrights in man pages (GD lib) Message-ID: <e71790db0802270606u2f3887bejf5255bdcfe7749fe@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <e71790db0802270604x31b85a9eh4513ae1c33c3e59e@mail.gmail.com> References: <868x19i6ky.fsf@ds4.des.no> <867igrst0g.fsf@ds4.des.no> <20080226144203.GC30778@heechee.tobez.org> <86mypnrary.fsf@ds4.des.no> <20080226161635.GE30778@heechee.tobez.org> <86ejayr969.fsf@ds4.des.no> <20080227104057.GA26979@heechee.tobez.org> <86oda2pput.fsf@ds4.des.no> <001201c8793c$19480c90$6300000a@pi> <e71790db0802270604x31b85a9eh4513ae1c33c3e59e@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 9:27 AM, GP <godpost@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have noted that there aren't many (if any) copyrights in FreeBSD manpages.
> I appreciate that. But GDlib has the following text in its license
>
> "Permission has been granted to copy, distribute and modify gd in
> any context without fee, including a commercial application,
> provided that this notice is present in user-accessible supporting
> documentation."
This requirement is fulfilled by installing GD's original documentation at
/usr/local/share/doc/gd/index.html
> The software I port only have a man page as user documentation.
> Dose that mean that I have to put all the boring copyright stuff in the
> bottom of the man page? Or is it considered fulfilled with a LICENSE file in
> the source dir? Any other options?
Yes, you must provide a copyright statement. From a legal point of
view it would be risky for the port maintainer to provide his/her own
version or interpretation of such copyright.
> How is "user-accessible" usually interpreted in this case?
It is interpreted as "available in a known place where users can find
it easyly".
--
Carlos A. M. dos Santos
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